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Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§2862 Turn-key selection procedures

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART IV— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › Chapter CHAPTER 169— - MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - ADMINISTRATION OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING › § 2862

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary in charge may use one-step turn-key procedures to award a contract for three things: building an approved military construction project, doing a repair project with an approved cost of $4,000,000 or less, or building a facility as part of an authorized security assistance activity. One-step turn-key procedures mean picking a contractor by price and other criteria to both design and build a project under a firm fixed-price contract using performance specs given by the Secretary. Security assistance activity covers five kinds of international help, including humanitarian and civic aid, foreign disaster aid, foreign military construction sales, certain foreign assistance programs, and other law-authorized international security assistance.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §2862

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(a)The Secretary concerned may use one-step turn-key selection procedures for the purpose of entering into a contract for any of the following purposes:
(1)The construction of an authorized military construction project.
(2)A repair project (as defined in section 2811(e) of this title) with an approved cost equal to or less than $4,000,000.11 See Temporary Expansion of Authority for Use of One-Step Turn-Key Procedures for Repair Projects note below.
(3)The construction of a facility as part of an authorized security assistance activity.
(b)In this section:
(1)The term “one-step turn-key selection procedures” means procedures used for the selection of a contractor on the basis of price and other evaluation criteria to perform, in accordance with the provisions of a firm fixed-price contract, both the design and construction of a facility using performance specifications supplied by the Secretary concerned.
(2)The term “security assistance activity” means—
(A)humanitarian and civic assistance authorized by section 401 and 2561 of this title;
(B)foreign disaster assistance authorized by section 404 of this title;
(C)foreign military construction sales authorized by section 29 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2769);
(D)foreign assistance authorized under section 607 and 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2357, 2392); and
(E)other international security assistance specifically authorized by law.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2014—Pub. L. 113–291 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “(a) Authority to Use.—The Secretary concerned may use one-step turn-key selection procedures for the purpose of entering into contracts for the

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of authorized military

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projects. “(b) Definition.—In this section, the term ‘one-step turn-key selection procedures’ means procedures used for the selection of a contractor on the basis of price and other evaluation criteria to perform, in accordance with the provisions of a firm fixed-price contract, both the design and

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of a facility using performance specifications supplied by the Secretary concerned.” 1991—Pub. L. 102–190 redesignated par. (1) of subsec. (a) as entire subsec. (a) and inserted heading, redesignated par. (2) of subsec. (a) as (b), inserted heading, and struck out former subsecs. (b) and (c) which read as follows: “(b) The Secretary of Defense, with respect to any Defense Agency, or the Secretary of a military department may not, during any fiscal year, enter into more than three contracts for military

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projects using procedures authorized by this section. “(c) The authority under this section shall expire on October 1, 1991.” 1989—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 101–189, § 2806(1), struck out at end “Such procedures may be used by the Secretary of a military department only with the approval of the Secretary of Defense.” Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–189, § 2806(2), substituted “1991” for “1990”. 1987—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 100–180, § 2301(1), substituted “The Secretary concerned” for “The Secretaries of the military departments, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense,” and inserted provision at end that such procedures may be used by the Secretary of a military department only with the approval of the Secretary of Defense. Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 100–26 inserted “the term” after “In this section,”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–180, § 2301(2), inserted “Secretary of Defense, with respect to any Defense Agency, or the” after “The”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 99–167, title VIII, § 807(c), Dec. 3, 1985, 99 Stat. 989, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by this section [enacting this section] shall take effect on October 1, 1986.” Temporary Expansion of Authority for Use of One-Step Turn-Key Procedures for Repair Projects Pub. L. 118–31, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2806, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 745, provided that: “During the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 22, 2023], section 2862(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, shall be applied and administered by substituting ‘$8,000,000’ for ‘$4,000,000’.”

Reference

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 2862

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73