In this chapter:
(1) The term head of an agency means the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Air Force, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
(2) The term competitive procedures means procedures under which the head of an agency enters into a contract pursuant to full and open competition. Such term also includes
(A) procurement of architectural or engineering services conducted in accordance with chapter 11 of title
40;
(B) the competitive selection for award of basic research proposals resulting from a general solicitation and the peer review or scientific review (as appropriate) of such proposals;
(C) the procedures established by the Administrator of General Services for the multiple award schedule program of the General Services Administration if
(i) participation in the program has been open to all responsible sources; and
(ii) orders and contracts under such program result in the lowest overall cost alternative to meet the needs of the United States;
(D) procurements conducted in furtherance of section 15 of the Small Business Act (
15 U.S.C.
644) as long as all responsible business concerns that are entitled to submit offers for such procurements are permitted to compete; and
(E) a competitive selection of research proposals resulting from a general solicitation and peer review or scientific review (as appropriate) solicited pursuant to section 9 of the Small Business Act (
15 U.S.C.
638).
(3) The following terms have the meanings provided such terms in section 4 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (
41 U.S.C.
403):
(A) The term procurement.
(B) The term procurement system.
(C) The term standards.
(D) The term full and open competition.
(E) The term responsible source.
(F) The term item.
(G) The term item of supply.
(H) The term supplies.
(I) The term commercial item.
(J) The term nondevelopmental item.
(K) The term commercial component.
(L) The term component.
(4) The term technical data means recorded information (regardless of the form or method of the recording) of a scientific or technical nature (including computer software documentation) relating to supplies procured by an agency. Such term does not include computer software or financial, administrative, cost or pricing, or management data or other information incidental to contract administration.
(5) The term major system means a combination of elements that will function together to produce the capabilities required to fulfill a mission need. The elements may include hardware, equipment, software or any combination thereof, but excludes construction or other improvements to real property. A system shall be considered a major system if
(A) the conditions of section
2302d of this title are satisfied, or
(B) the system is designated a major system by the head of the agency responsible for the system.
(6) The term Federal Acquisition Regulation means the Federal Acquisition Regulation issued pursuant to section 25(c)(1) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (
41 U.S.C.
421 (c)(1)).
(7) The term simplified acquisition threshold has the meaning provided that term in section 4 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (
41 U.S.C.
403), except that, in the case of any contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, outside the United States in support of a contingency operation or a humanitarian or peacekeeping operation, the term means an amount equal to two times the amount specified for that term in section 4 of such Act.
(8) The term humanitarian or peacekeeping operation means a military operation in support of the provision of humanitarian or foreign disaster assistance or in support of a peacekeeping operation under chapter VI or VII of the Charter of the United Nations. The term does not include routine training, force rotation, or stationing.
