SOLICITATION PROVISION REGARDING EVALUATION OF PURCHASE OPTIONS.

SEC. 1012. SOLICITATION PROVISION REGARDING EVALUATION OF PURCHASE OPTIONS. Subsection (a) of section 2305 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 1011, is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(5) The head of an agency, in issuing a solicitation for a contract to be awarded using sealed bid procedures, may not include in such solicitation a clause providing for the evaluation of prices for options to purchase additional property or services under the contract unless the head of the agency has determined that there is a reasonable likelihood that the options will be exercised.”.