H.R. 4203 · 112th Congress
Women's Procurement Program Improvement Act of 2012
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VelázquezSponsor8 cosponsors · 6 D, 2 R
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Women's Procurement Program Improvement Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act with respect to the procurement program for women-owned small businesses (providing a federal procurement contracting preference to such businesses) to remove current contract award price limits.
What it does: CRS summary · Reported to House without amendment · Dec 27, 2012
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Women's Procurement Program Improvement Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act with respect to the procurement program for women-owned small businesses (providing a federal procurement contracting preference to such businesses) to remove current contract award price limits.
Allow a contracting officer to award a sole source contract to any economically disadvantaged women-owned small business if: (1) the small business is determined to be responsible and the contracting officer does not expect two or more of such businesses to submit offers; (2) the anticipated contract price will not exceed $6.5 million in the case of a manufacturing contract, or $4 million in the case of all other contracts; and (3) the contract can be made at a fair and reasonable price. Provides identical contracting authority for women-owned small businesses in substantially underrepresented industries.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Women's Procurement Program Improvement Act of 2012
Latest action (Dec 27, 2012): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 535.
Policy area: Commerce · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 19, 2012
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.