Title 41 — Public ContractsRelease 119-73

§1128 Maintaining necessary capability with respect to acquisition of architectural and engineering services

Title 41 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - Federal Procurement Policy › Chapter CHAPTER 11— - ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE AND AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS OF ADMINISTRATOR › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATOR › § 1128

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must, after talking with the Secretary of Defense, the General Services Administrator, and the OPM Director, make and carry out a plan to keep the federal government able to buy architectural and engineering services. The plan must make sure staff can define needs, set priorities and plans, set professional rules, write scopes of work, and award and manage contracts.

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Title 41, §1128

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The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services, and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall develop and implement a plan to ensure that the Federal Government maintains the necessary capability with respect to the acquisition of architectural and engineering services to—

(1)ensure that Federal Government employees have the expertise to determine agency requirements for those services;

(2)establish priorities and programs, including acquisition plans;

(3)establish professional standards;

(4)develop scopes of work; and

(5)award and administer contracts for those services.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 112841:433 note.Pub. L. 108–136, title XIV, § 1414, Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1666.

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41 U.S.C. § 1128

Title 41 — Public Contracts

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73