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10 U.S.C. § 3063 — Covered agencies
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For purposes of any provision of law referring to this section, the agencies named in this section are the following:
(1) The Department of Defense.
(2) The Department of the Army.
(3) The Department of the Navy.
(4) The Department of the Air Force.
(5) The Coast Guard.
(6) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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For purposes of any provision of law referring to this section, the agencies named in this section are the following:
(1) The Department of Defense.
(2) The Department of the Army.
(3) The Department of the Navy.
(4) The Department of the Air Force.
(5) The Coast Guard.
(6) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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**(a) Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “defense acquisition system” means—
(1) the workforce engaged in carrying out the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense;
(2) the management structure responsible for directing and overseeing the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense; and
(3) the statutory, regulatory, and policy framework that guides the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense.
**(b) Element of the Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “element of the defense acquisition system” means an organization that—
(1) employs members of the acquisition workforce;
(2) carries out acquisition functions; and
(3) focuses primarily on acquisition.
**(c) Acquisition.—** In this part, the term “acquisition” has the meaning provided in [section 131 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section131&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)** The Secretary of the Army may assign members of the Army to its basic branches. The basic branches are—
(1) Infantry;
(2) Armor;
(3) Artillery;
(4) Corps of Engineers;
(5) Signal Corps;
(6) Adjutant General’s Corps;
(7) Quartermaster Corps;
(8) Finance Corps;
(9) Ordnance Corps;
(10) Chemical Corps;
(11) Transportation Corps;
(12) Military Police Corps; and
(13) such other basic branches as the Secretary considers necessary.
**(b)** The Secretary may discontinue or consolidate basic branches of the Army for the duration of any war, or of any national emergency declared by Congress.
**(c)** The Secretary may not assign to a basic branch any commissioned officer appointed in a special branch.
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**(a) General Applicability.—** Any provision of this part that is a chapter 137 legacy provision applies to the procurement by any of the agencies named in [section 3063 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section3063&num=0&edition=prelim), for its use or otherwise, of all property (other than land) and all services for which payment is to be made from appropriated funds.
**(b) Applicability to Contracts for Installation or Alteration.—** The provisions of this part that are chapter 137 legacy provisions that apply to the procurement of property apply also to contracts for its installation or alteration.
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Subject to [section 3065 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section3065&num=0&edition=prelim), to facilitate the procurement of property and services covered by any provision of this part that is a chapter 137 legacy provision by each agency named in [section 3063 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section3063&num=0&edition=prelim) for any other agency, and to facilitate joint procurement by those agencies—
(1) the head of an agency may delegate functions and assign responsibilities relating to procurement to any officer or employee within such agency;
(2) the heads of two or more agencies may by agreement delegate procurement functions and assign procurement responsibilities from one agency to another of those agencies or to an officer or civilian employee of another of those agencies; and
(3) the heads of two or more agencies may create joint or combined offices to exercise procurement functions and responsibilities.
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**(a) Laws Inapplicable to Agencies Named in Section 3063.—** Sections 6101 and 6304 of title 41 do not apply to the procurement or sale of property or services by the agencies named in [section 3063 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section3063&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Laws Inapplicable to Procurement of Automatic Data Processing Equipment and Services for Certain Defense Purposes.—** For purposes of subtitle III of title 40, the term “national security system”, with respect to a telecommunications and information system operated by the Department of Defense, has the meaning given that term by [section 3552(b)(6) of title 44](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title44-section3552/b/6&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)** Appropriations available for procurement by an agency named in [section 3063 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section3063&num=0&edition=prelim) may, through administrative allotment, be made available for obligation for procurement by any other agency in amounts authorized by the head of the allotting agency and without transfer of funds on the books of the Department of the Treasury.
**(b)** A disbursing official of the allotting agency may make any disbursement chargeable to an allotment under subsection (a) upon a voucher certified by an officer or civilian employee of the procuring agency.
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**(a) In General.—** Except as provided in sections 3203, 3204(a), and 3205 of this title and except in the case of procurement procedures otherwise expressly authorized by statute, the head of an agency in conducting a procurement for property or services—
(1) shall obtain full and open competition through the use of competitive procedures in accordance with the requirements of this section and sections 3069, 3203, 3204, 3205, 3403, 3405, 3406, 3901, 4501, and 4502 of this title and the Federal Acquisition Regulation; and
(2) shall use the competitive procedure or combination of competitive procedures that is best suited under the circumstances of the procurement.
**(b) Determination of Appropriate Competitive Procedures.—** In determining the competitive procedure appropriate under the circumstances, the head of an agency—
(1) shall solicit sealed bids if—
(A) time permits the solicitation, submission, and evaluation of sealed bids;
(B) the award will be made on the basis of price and other price-related factors;
(C) it is not necessary to conduct discussions with the responding sources about their bids; and
(D) there is a reasonable expectation of receiving more than one sealed bid; and
(2) shall request competitive proposals if sealed bids are not appropriate under paragraph (1).
**(c) Efficient Fulfillment of Government Requirements.—** The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall ensure that the requirement to obtain full and open competition is implemented in a manner that is consistent with the need to efficiently fulfill the Government’s requirements.
**(d) Certain Purchases or Contracts to Be Treated as if Made With Sealed-bid Procedures.—** For the purposes of the following, purchases or contracts awarded after using procedures other than seale
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**(a) Quantity to Procure.—**
(1) An agency referred to in [section 3063 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section3063&num=0&edition=prelim) shall procure supplies in such quantity as—
(A) will result in the total cost and unit cost most advantageous to the United States, where practicable; and
(B) does not exceed the quantity reasonably expected to be required by the agency.
(2) The Secretary of Defense shall take paragraph (1) into account in approving rates of obligation of appropriations under [section 2204 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2204&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Opinion of Offeror With Respect to Quantity to Be Procured.—** Each solicitation for a contract for supplies shall, if practicable, include a provision inviting each offeror responding to the solicitation to state an opinion on whether the quantity of the supplies proposed to be procured is economically advantageous to the United States and, if applicable, to recommend a quantity or quantities which would be more economically advantageous to the United States. Each such recommendation shall include a quotation of the total price and the unit price for supplies procured in each recommended quantity.
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Each advocate for competition designated pursuant to [section 1705(a) of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1705/a&num=0&edition=prelim) for an agency named in [section 3063 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section3063&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be a general or flag officer if a member of the armed forces or in a position classified above GS–15 pursuant to [section 5108 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5108&num=0&edition=prelim), if a civilian employee and shall be designated to serve for a minimum of two years.
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**(a) Definition.—** In this section, the term “proposal” means any proposal, including a technical, management, or cost proposal, submitted by a contractor in response to the requirements of a solicitation for a competitive proposal.
**(b) Prohibition.—** Except as provided in subsection (c), a proposal in the possession or control of an agency named in [section 3063 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section3063&num=0&edition=prelim) may not be made available to any person under [section 552 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section552&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Inapplicability.—** Subsection (b) does not apply to any proposal that is set forth or incorporated by reference in a contract entered into between the Department and the contractor that submitted the proposal.
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