Ensuring Commercial, Cost-Effective Solutions in Federal Contracts
Directs federal agencies to prefer off-the-shelf solutions over custom-built alternatives.
Section by Section
What each section does, and how they differ.
Agencies procure custom products instead of commercial solutions; comprehensive FAR authority review and enforcement essential to reduce waste.
Agencies procure commercially available products to maximum extent practicable to reduce costs and stifle innovation.
Defines agency, approval authority, contracting officer for order purposes.
Agencies review all open solicitations within 60 days; consolidate non-commercial proposals for approval authority review.
Contracting officers provide approval authorities with market research and price analysis; approval authorities review and OMB Director assesses.
Standard boilerplate: preserves existing agency authority, conditions the order on appropriations, and creates no enforceable private rights.