LIMITATION ON SELECTION OF SINGLE CONTRACTOR FOR C-130H AVIONICS MODERNIZATION PROGRAM INCREMENT 2.

SEC. 134. LIMITATION ON SELECTION OF SINGLE CONTRACTOR FOR C-130H AVIONICS MODERNIZATION PROGRAM INCREMENT 2. (a) Limitation.—The Secretary of the Air Force may not select only a single prime contractor to carry out increment 2 of the C-130H avionics modernization program until the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a written certification that, in selecting such a single prime contractor— (1) the Secretary will ensure, to the extent practicable, that commercially available off-the-shelf items are used under the program, including technology solutions and nondevelopmental items; and (2) excessively restrictive military specification standards will not be used to restrict or eliminate full and open competition in the selection process. (b) Definitions.—In this section, the terms “commercially available off-the-shelf item”, “full and open competition”, and “nondevelopmental item” have the meanings given the terms in chapter 1 of title 41, United States Code.