STUDY OF THE USE OF FACTORS OTHER THAN COST OR PRICE AS THE PREDOMINATE FACTORS IN EVALUATING COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS FOR DEFENSE PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS.

SEC. 845. STUDY OF THE USE OF FACTORS OTHER THAN COST OR PRICE AS THE PREDOMINATE FACTORS IN EVALUATING COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS FOR DEFENSE PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS.(a) Study Required.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of Department of Defense procurements that use solicitations in which evaluation factors other than cost or price, when combined, are more important than cost or price.(b) Issues To Be Addressed.—The study required by subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, an assessment of—(1) the frequency with which evaluation factors other than cost or price, when combined, are given more weight than cost or price in solicitations for competitive proposals;(2) the types of contracts for products or services for which such evaluation factors are most frequently used;(3) the reasons why the Department of Defense chooses to use such evaluation factors; and(4) the extent to which the use of such factors is or is not in the interest of the Department of Defense.(c) Report.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Service of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the results of the study required by subsection (a).