Notes on office of federal procurement policy : US Code - Notes

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401, 402. Repealed.
403. Definitions.
404. Establishment of Office of Federal Procurement Policy;
appointment of Administrator.
405. Authority and functions of the Administrator.
(a) Development of procurement policy; leadership.
(b) Government-wide procurement regulations.
(c) Noninterference with executive agencies.
(d) Enumeration of included functions.
(e) Consultation; assistance of existing executive
agencies; advisory committees and interagency
groups.
(f) Oversight of regulations promulgated by other
agencies relating to procurement.
(g) Assignment, delegation, or transfer of
functions prohibited.
(h) Real property procurement; Office of Management
and Budget.
(i) Recipients of Federal grants or assistance.
(j) Policy regarding consideration of contractor
past performance.
(k) Annual reporting requirement.
405a. Uniform Federal procurement regulations and
procedures.
405b. Conflict of interest standards for individuals
providing consulting services.
(a) Issuance of policy and regulations.
(b) Services subject to regulations.
(c) Report to Congress by Comptroller General on
effectiveness of regulations.
(d) Intelligence activities exemption; annual
report by Director of Central Intelligence.
(e) Adverse effect determination by President prior
to issuance of regulations; report to
Congressional committees; voiding of
regulations requirement.
406. Administrative powers.
407. Repealed.
408. Applicability of existing laws.
409. Repealed.
410. Authorization of appropriations.
411. Delegation of authority by Administrator.
412. Comptroller General's access to information from
Administrator; rule making procedure.
413. Tests of innovative procurement methods and
procedures.
414. Chief Acquisition Officers and senior procurement
executives.
(a) Establishment of agency Chief Acquisition
Officers.
(b) Authority and functions of agency Chief
Acquisition Officers.
(c) Senior procurement executive.
414a. Personnel evaluation.
414b. Chief Acquisition Officers Council.
(a) Establishment.
(b) Membership.
(c) Leadership; support.
(d) Principal forum.
(e) Functions.
415. Repealed.
416. Procurement notice.
(a) Covered executive agency activities;
publication of notice; time limitations.
(b) Contents of notice.
(c) Exempted, etc., activities of executive agency.
(d) Availability of complete solicitation package;
payment of fee.
417. Record requirements.
(a) Establishment and maintenance of computer file
by executive agency; time period; coverage.
(b) Contents.
(c) Record categories.
(d) Transmission and data system entry of
information.
417a. Procurement data.
(a) Reporting.
(b) Definitions.
418. Advocates for competition.
(a) Establishment, designation, etc., in executive
agency.
(b) Duties and functions.
(c) Responsibilities.
418a. Rights in technical data.
(a) Regulations; legitimate proprietary interest of
United States.
(b) Unlimited rights; technical data; developed
with Federal funds; unrestricted, royalty-free
right to use; rights under law.
(c) Factors; regulations.
(d) Provisions; contracts; regulations.
418b. Publication of proposed regulations.
(a) Effective date; procurement policy,
regulations, procedure or form; publication in
Federal Register.
(b) Publication in Federal Register.
(c) Notice; proposed policy; contents.
(d) Waiver.
419. Contracting functions performed by Federal personnel.
(a) Limitation on payment for advisory and
assistance services.
(b) Covered personnel.
(c) Rule of construction.
420. Repealed.
421. Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council.
(a) Establishment.
(b) Membership.
(c) Functions.
(d) Additional responsibilities of membership.
(e) Governing policies.
(f) General authority with respect to FAR.
422. Cost Accounting Standards Board.
(a) Establishment; membership; terms.
(b) Senior staff.
(c) Other staff.
(d) Detailed and temporary personnel.
(e) Compensation.
(f) Cost accounting standards authority.
(g) Requirements for standards.
(h) Implementing regulations.
(i) Omitted.
(j) Effect on other standards and regulations.
(k) Examinations.
(l) Authorization of appropriations.
423. Restrictions on disclosing and obtaining contractor
bid or proposal information or source selection
information.
(a) Prohibition on disclosing procurement
information.
(b) Prohibition on obtaining procurement
information.
(c) Actions required of procurement officers when
contacted by offerors regarding non-Federal
employment.
(d) Prohibition on former official's acceptance of
compensation from contractor.
(e) Penalties and administrative actions.
(f) Definitions.
(g) Limitation on protests.
(h) Savings provisions.
424. Repealed.
425. Contract clauses and certifications.
(a) Nonstandard contract clauses.
(b) Construction of certification requirements.
(c) Prohibition on certification requirements.
426. Use of electronic commerce in Federal procurement.
(a) In general.
(b) Applicable standards.
(c) Agency procedures.
(d) Implementation.
(e) Report.
(f) "Electronic commerce" defined.
426a. Repealed.
427. Simplified acquisition procedures.
(a) Requirement.
(b) Prohibition on dividing purchases.
(c) Promotion of competition required.
(d) Consideration of offers timely received.
(e) Interim reporting rule.
(f) Special rules for commercial items.
428. Procedures applicable to purchases below
micro-purchase threshold.
(a) Requirements.
(b) Exclusion for micro-purchases.
(c) Purchases without competitive quotations.
(d) Equitable distribution.
(e) Implementation through FAR.
(f) Micro-purchase threshold defined.
428a. Special emergency procurement authority.
(a) Applicability.
(b) Increased thresholds.
(c) Increased limitation on use of simplified
acquisition procedures.
(d) Commercial items authority.
(e) Contingency operation defined.
429. List of laws inapplicable to contracts not greater
than simplified acquisition threshold in Federal
Acquisition Regulation.
(a) List of inapplicable provisions of law.
(b) Covered law.
(c) Petition.
430. List of laws inapplicable to procurements of
commercial items in Federal Acquisition Regulation.
(a) List of inapplicable provisions of law.
(b) Subcontracts.
(c) Covered law.
(d) Petition.
431. Commercially available off-the-shelf item
acquisitions: lists of inapplicable laws in Federal
Acquisition Regulation.
(a) Lists of inapplicable provisions of law.
(b) Covered law.
(c) "Commercially available off-the-shelf item"
defined.
431a. Inflation adjustment of acquisition-related dollar
thresholds.
(a) Requirement for periodic adjustment.
(b) Adjustments effective upon publication.
(c) Acquisition-related dollar thresholds.
(d) Excluded thresholds.
(e) Calculation of adjustments.
(f) Petition for inclusion of omitted threshold.
432. Value engineering.
(a) In general.
(b) "Value engineering" defined.
433. Acquisition workforce.
(a) Applicability.
(b) Management policies.
(c) Senior procurement executive authorities and
responsibilities.
(d) Management information systems.
(e) Applicability to acquisition workforce.
(f) Career development.
(g) Qualification requirements.
(h) Education and training.
434. Modular contracting for information technology.
(a) In general.
(b) Modular contracting described.
(c) Implementation.
435. Levels of compensation of certain contractor personnel
not allowable as costs under certain contracts.
(a) Determination required.
(b) Benchmark compensation amount.
(c) Definitions.
436. Protection of constitutional rights of contractors.
(a) Prohibition.
(b) Construction.
437. Incentives for efficient performance of services
contracts.
(a) Incentive for use of performance-based services
contracts.
(b) Regulations.
(c) Report.
(d) Expiration.
438. Civilian Board of Contract Appeals.
(a) Board established.
(b) Membership.
(c) Functions.