(a) Required use The head of an executive agency shall, when appropriate, use streamlined acquisition authorities and procedures authorized by law for a procurement referred to in section
422 of this title, including authorities and procedures that are provided under the following provisions of law:
(1) Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 In title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 [
41 U.S.C.
251 et seq.]:
(A) Paragraphs (1), (2), (6), and (7) of subsection (c) of section 303 (
41 U.S.C.
253), relating to use of procedures other than competitive procedures under certain circumstances (subject to subsection (e) of such section).
(B) Section
303J (
41 U.S.C.
253j), relating to orders under task and delivery order contracts.
(2) Title 10 In chapter
137 of title
10:
(A) Paragraphs (1), (2), (6), and (7) of subsection (c) of section 2304, relating to use of procedures other than competitive procedures under certain circumstances (subject to subsection (e) of such section).
(B) Section
2304c, relating to orders under task and delivery order contracts.
(3) Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act Paragraphs (1)(B), (1)(D), and (2) of section 18(c) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (
41 U.S.C.
416 (c)), relating to inapplicability of a requirement for procurement notice.
(b) Waiver of certain small business threshold requirements Subclause (II) of section
637 (a)(1)(D)(i) of title
15 and clause (ii) of section
657a (b)(2)(A) of title
15 shall not apply in the use of streamlined acquisition authorities and procedures referred to in paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A) of subsection (a) of this section for a procurement referred to in section
422 of this title.
