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TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS

Subtitle F--Provisions Relating to Commercial Items

P. L. 114-

House Conference Report. 114-840

(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e), and in that subsection by striking “subsection (c)” and inserting “subsections (c) and (d)”; and

(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection (d):

“(d) Market Research For Price Analysis.—The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that procurement officials in the Department of Defense conduct or obtain market research to support the determination of the reasonableness of price for commercial items contained in any bid or offer submitted in response to an agency solicitation. To the extent necessary to support such market research, the procurement official for the solicitation—

“(1) in the case of items acquired under section 2379 of this title, shall use information submitted under subsection (d) of that section; and

“(2) in the case of other items, may require the offeror to submit relevant information.”.

The House amendment contained a provision (sec. 822) that would amend section 2377 of title 10, United States Code, relating to the preference for acquisition of commercial items by adding a new subsection that would require procurement officials of the Department of Defense to conduct or obtain market research when determining price reasonableness for commercial items.

The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

The Senate recedes.