RESULTS-ORIENTED ACQUISITION PROCESS.

SEC. 5052. RESULTS-ORIENTED ACQUISITION PROCESS. (a) Development of Process Required.— The Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, in consultation with the heads of appropriate Federal agencies, shall develop results-oriented acquisition process guidelines for implementation by agencies in acquisitions of property and services by the Federal agencies. The process guidelines shall include the identification of quantitative measures and standards for determining the extent to which an acquisition of items other than commercial items by a Federal agency satisfies the needs for which the items are being acquired. (b) Inapplicability of Process to Department of Defense.— The process guidelines developed pursuant to subsection (a) may not be applied to the Department of Defense.