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5 U.S.C. § 8953 — Contracting authority
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**(a)**
(1) The Office shall contract with a reasonable number of qualified companies for a policy or policies of benefits described under section 8954 without regard to section 6101(b) to (d) of title 41 or any other statute requiring competitive bidding. An employee organization may contract with a qualified company for the purpose of participating with that qualified company in any contract between the Office and that qualified company.
(2) The Office shall ensure that each resulting contract is awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications, price, and reasonable competition.
**(b)** Each contract under this section shall contain—
(1) the requirements under section 8902(d), (f), and (i) made applicable to contracts under this section by regulations prescribed by the Office;
(2) the terms of the enrollment period; and
(3) such other terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed to by the Office and the qualified company involved, consistent with the requirements of this chapter and regulations prescribed by the Office.
**(c)** Nothing in this chapter shall, in the case of an individual electing dental supplemental benefit coverage under this chapter after the expiration of such individual’s first opportunity to enroll, preclude the application of waiting periods more stringent than those that would have applied if that opportunity had not yet expired.
**(d)**
(1) Each contract under this chapter shall require the qualified company to agree—
(A) to provide payments or benefits to an eligible individual if such individual is entitled thereto under the terms of the contract; and
(B) with respect to disputes regarding claims for payments or benefits under the terms of the contract—
(i) to establish internal procedures designed to expeditiously res
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**(a)**
(1) The Office shall contract with a reasonable number of qualified companies for a policy or policies of benefits described under section 8954 without regard to section 6101(b) to (d) of title 41 or any other statute requiring competitive bidding. An employee organization may contract with a qualified company for the purpose of participating with that qualified company in any contract between the Office and that qualified company.
(2) The Office shall ensure that each resulting contract is awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications, price, and reasonable competition.
**(b)** Each contract under this section shall contain—
(1) the requirements under section 8902(d), (f), and (i) made applicable to contracts under this section by regulations prescribed by the Office;
(2) the terms of the enrollment period; and
(3) such other terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed to by the Office and the qualified company involved, consistent with the requirements of this chapter and regulations prescribed by the Office.
**(c)** Nothing in this chapter shall, in the case of an individual electing dental supplemental benefit coverage under this chapter after the expiration of such individual’s first opportunity to enroll, preclude the application of waiting periods more stringent than those that would have applied if that opportunity had not yet expired.
**(d)**
(1) Each contract under this chapter shall require the qualified company to agree—
(A) to provide payments or benefits to an eligible individual if such individual is entitled thereto under the terms of the contract; and
(B) with respect to disputes regarding claims for payments or benefits under the terms of the contract—
(i) to establish internal procedures designed to expeditiously resolve such disputes; and
(ii) to establish, for disputes not resolved through procedures under clause (i), procedures for 1 or more alternative means of dispute resolution involving independent third-party review under appropriate circumstances by entities mutually acceptable to the Office and the qualified company.
(2) A determination by a qualified company as to whether or not a particular individual is eligible to obtain coverage under this chapter shall be subject to review only to the extent and in the manner provided in the applicable contract.
(3) For purposes of applying the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 11 See References in Text note below. to disputes arising under this chapter between a qualified company and the Office—
(A) the agency board having jurisdiction to decide an appeal relative to such a dispute shall be such board of contract appeals as the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall specify in writing (after appropriate arrangements, as described in section 8(c) 1 of such Act); and
(B) the district courts of the United States shall have original jurisdiction, concurrent with the United States Court of Federal Claims, of any action described in section 10(a)(1) 1 of such Act relative to such a dispute.
**(e)** Nothing in this section shall be considered to grant authority for the Office or third-party reviewer to change the terms of any contract under this chapter.
**(f)** Contracts under this chapter shall be for a uniform term of 7 years and may not be renewed automatically.
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In this chapter:
(1) The term “employee” means an employee defined under section 8901(1) and an employee of the District of Columbia courts.
(2) The terms “annuitant”, “member of family”, and “dependent” have the meanings as such terms are defined under paragraphs (3), (5), and (9), respectively, of section 8901.
(3) The term “eligible individual” refers to an individual described in paragraph (1), (2), or (8), without regard to whether the individual is enrolled in a health benefits plan under chapter 89.
(4) The term “Office” means the Office of Personnel Management.
(5) The term “qualified company” means a company (or consortium of companies or an employee organization defined under section 8901(8)) that offers indemnity, preferred provider organization, health maintenance organization, or discount dental programs and if required is licensed to issue applicable coverage in any number of States, taking any subsidiaries of such a company into account (and, in the case of a consortium, considering the member companies and any subsidiaries thereof, collectively).
(6) The term “employee organization” means an association or other organization of employees which is national in scope, or in which membership is open to all employees of a Government agency who are eligible to enroll in a health benefits plan under chapter 89.
(7) The term “State” includes the District of Columbia.
(8) The term “covered TRICARE-eligible individual” means an individual entitled to dental care under chapter 55 of title 10, pursuant to section 1076c of such title, who the Secretary of Defense determines should be an eligible individual for purposes of this chapter.
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In this subtitle, the term “Administrator” means the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy appointed under [section 1102 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1102&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 8953
1 See References in Text note below.
year 2006, see section 7 of Pub. L. 108–496, set out as a
note under section 8951 of this title.
§ 8953. Contracting authority
(a)(1) The Office shall contract with a reason-
able number of qualified companies for a policy
or policies of benefits described under section
8954 without regard to section 6101(b) to (d) of
title 41 or any other statute requiring competi-
tive bidding. An employee organization may
contract with a qualified company for the pur-
pose of participating with that qualified com-
pany in any contract between the Office and
that qualified company.
(2) The Office shall ensure that each resulting
contract is awarded on the basis of contractor
qualifications, price, and reasonable competi-
tion.
(b) Each contract under this section shall con-
tain—
(1) the requirements under section 8902(d),
(f), and (i) made applicable to contracts under
this section by regulations prescribed by the
Office;
(2) the terms of the enrollment period; and
(3) such other terms and conditions as may
be mutually agreed to by the Office and the
qualified company involved, consistent with
the requirements of this chapter and regula-
tions prescribed by the Office.
(c) Nothing in this chapter shall, in the case of
an individual electing dental supplemental ben-
efit coverage under this chapter after the expi-
ration of such individual’s first opportunity to
enroll, preclude the application of waiting peri-
ods more stringent than those that would have
applied if that opportunity had not yet expired.
(d)(1) Each contract under this chapter shall
require the qualified company to agree—
(A) to provide payments or benefits to an el-
igible individual if such i
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