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119-s-979119th CongressWALLET

Buying Faster than the Enemy Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Banks, Jim [R-IN]

Introduced

Summary

Speed up Pentagon buying by leaning harder on commercial products and nontraditional partners. The bill would widen open solicitations, allow follow-on sole-source awards to competitively chosen vendors, create enduring consortia paths, limit subcontract flowdown clauses, and raise upfront payments to ease cash flow.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Higher advance payments for contractors

If enacted, DoD contracts could allow advance payments up to 30% of the contract price. That is up from 15% now. This would start upon enactment and apply per contract.

Default commercial buying for DoD

If enacted, the bill would presume DoD items are commercial and should use commercial buying rules and broad solicitations when practicable. If DoD decides an item is non-commercial, the officer must write a memo with market research and program-manager approval. Limits on clause flowdown would apply to solicitations issued after 120 days and DFARS must be changed within 180 days.

New consortia for prototype production

If enacted, the Secretary of Defense must set up at least five consortia for each systems command and each portfolio acquisition executive. The consortia would run prototype projects and follow-on production. These pathways would start upon enactment and aim to attract nontraditional firms.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Banks, Jim [R-IN]

IN • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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