Title 14, Coast GuardRelease 119-110

§913 Turnkey Selection Procedures

Title 14 › SUBTITLE I — ESTABLISHMENT, POWERS, DUTIES, AND ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 9 — ADMINISTRATION › SUBCHAPTER I — REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY › § 913

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can use a one-step turnkey process to pick a contractor by price and other factors and give one firm fixed-price contract for both the design and the construction using performance specifications the Secretary provides. Definitions: one-step turnkey — one contract for design and construction; construction — building, buying, developing, converting, or extending a facility; facility — a building, structure, or other improvement to land.

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Title 14, §913

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(a)Authority to Use.—
The Secretary may use one-step turnkey selection procedures for the purpose of entering into contracts for construction projects.
(b)Definitions.—
In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1)The term “one-step turnkey 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.
(2)The term “construction” includes the construction, procurement, development, conversion, or extension of any facility.
(3)The term “facility” means a building, structure, or other improvement to real property.

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2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 677 of this title as this section.

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14 U.S.C. § 913

Title 14, Coast Guard

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110