§1706 — Title 41 Public Contracts | U.S. Code

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Each head of an executive agency covered by division C must make sure employees whose main job is awarding contracts are rated in ways that reward certain efforts. Performance reviews must count work that increases competition and cuts costs by removing rules that block full and open competition; that advances the goals of the Small Business and Federal Procurement Competition Enhancement Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–577, 98 Stat. 3066) and the Defense Procurement Reform Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–525, title XII, 98 Stat. 2588); and that supports other lawful goals of the federal acquisition system.

Title 41, §1706

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The head of each executive agency subject to division C shall ensure, with respect to the employees of that agency whose primary duties and responsibilities pertain to the award of contracts subject to the provisions of the Small Business and Federal Procurement Competition Enhancement Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–577, 98 Stat. 3066), that the performance appraisal system applicable to those employees affords appropriate recognition to, among other factors, efforts to—

(1)increase competition and achieve cost savings through the elimination of procedures that unnecessarily inhibit full and open competition;

(2)further the purposes of the Small Business and Federal Procurement Competition Enhancement Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–577, 98 Stat. 3066) and the Defense Procurement Reform Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–525, title XII, 98 Stat. 2588); and

(3)further other objectives and purposes of the Federal acquisition system authorized by law.

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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 170641:414a.Pub. L. 98–577, title V, § 502, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3085.

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The Small Business and Federal Procurement Competition Enhancement Act of 1984, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 98–577, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3066. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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of 1984 Act note set out under section 101 of this title and Tables. The Defense Procurement Reform Act of 1984, referred to in par. (2), is Pub. L. 98–525, title XII, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2588. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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of 1984 Amendment note set out under section 2302 of Title 10, Armed Forces, and Tables.

§1706 Personnel evaluation

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