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

House Conference Report

SEC. 819. AUTHORIZATION OF EVALUATION FACTOR FOR DEFENSE CONTRACTORS EMPLOYING OR SUBCONTRACTING WITH MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

(a) Defense Contracts- In awarding any contract for the procurement of goods or services to an entity, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to use as an evaluation factor whether the entity intends to carry out the contract using employees or individual subcontractors who are members of the Selected Reserve of the reserve components of the Armed Forces.

(b) Documentation of Selected Reserve-Related Evaluation Factor- Any entity claiming intent to carry out a contract using employees or individual subcontractors who are members of the Selected Reserve of the reserve components of the Armed Forces shall submit proof of the use of such employees or subcontractors for the Department of Defense to consider in carrying out subsection (a) with respect to that contract.

(c) Regulations- The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised as necessary to implement this section.

The House bill contained a provision (sec. 820A) that would require the Department of Defense for all contracts for the procurement of goods and services to establish a source selection evaluation factor which favors entities that employ members of the Selected Reserve of the reserve components of the Armed Forces.

The Senate amendment contained no similar provision.

The Senate recedes with an amendment that would provide discretionary authority to the Secretary of Defense to use an evaluation factor related to the employment of members of the Selected Reserve.