Title 6 — Domestic SecurityRelease 119-73

§428 Identification of new entrants into the Federal marketplace

Title 6 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VIII— - COORDINATION WITH NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES; INSPECTOR GENERAL; UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE; COAST GUARD; GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part Part F— - Federal Emergency Procurement Flexibility › § 428

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each executive agency head must regularly study the market to find what companies and skills are available — including small businesses and firms new to federal contracting — that could help the agency defend against or recover from terrorism or nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack. They must, as much as possible, use commercial market-research tools, such as commercial databases, to do this work.

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Title 6, §428

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The head of each executive agency shall conduct market research on an ongoing basis to identify effectively the capabilities, including the capabilities of small businesses and new entrants into Federal contracting, that are available in the marketplace for meeting the requirements of the executive agency in furtherance of defense against or recovery from terrorism or nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack. The head of the executive agency shall, to the maximum extent practicable, take advantage of commercially available market research methods, including use of commercial databases, to carry out the research.

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Citation

6 U.S.C. § 428

Title 6 — Domestic Security

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73