{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/s2469","title":10,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2469.","heading":"Contracts to perform workloads previously performed by depot-level activities of the Department of Defense: requirement of competition","text":"\u00a7\u202f2469.\nContracts to perform workloads previously performed by depot-level activities of the Department of Defense: requirement of competition\n(a)\nRequirement for Competition.\u2014\nThe Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the performance of a depot-level maintenance and repair workload described in subsection (b) is not changed to performance by a contractor or by another depot-level activity of the Department of Defense unless the change is made using\u2014\n(1) merit-based selection procedures for competitions among all depot-level activities of the Department of Defense; or\n(2) competitive procedures for competitions among private and public sector entities.\n(b)\nScope.\u2014\nExcept as provided in subsection (c), subsection (a) applies to any depot-level maintenance and repair workload that has a value of not less than $3,000,000 (including the cost of labor and materials) and is being performed by a depot-level activity of the Department of Defense.\n(c)\nException for Public-Private Partnerships.\u2014\nThe requirements of subsection (a) may be waived in the case of a depot-level maintenance and repair workload that is performed at a Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence designated under subsection (a) of\nsection 2474 of this title\n(d)\nInapplicability of OMB Circular A\u201376.\u2014\nOffice of Management and Budget Circular A\u201376 (or any successor administrative regulation or policy) does not apply to a performance change to which subsection (a) applies.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t10/s2469.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s2469","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2469."},{"t":"heading","text":"Contracts to perform workloads previously performed by depot-level activities of the Department of Defense: requirement of competition"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s2469/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Requirement for Competition.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the performance of a depot-level maintenance and repair workload described in subsection (b) is not changed to performance by a contractor or by another depot-level activity of the Department of Defense unless the change is made using\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s2469/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" merit-based selection procedures for competitions among all depot-level activities of the Department of Defense; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s2469/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" competitive procedures for competitions among private and public sector entities.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s2469/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Scope.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"Except as provided in subsection (c), subsection (a) applies to any depot-level maintenance and repair workload that has a value of not less than $3,000,000 (including the cost of labor and materials) and is being performed by a depot-level activity of the Department of Defense.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s2469/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Exception for Public-Private Partnerships.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The requirements of subsection (a) may be waived in the case of a depot-level maintenance and repair workload that is performed at a Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence designated under subsection (a) of ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 2474 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t10/s2474","tail":" by a public-private partnership entered into under subsection (b) of such section consisting of a depot-level activity and a private entity."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s2469/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Inapplicability of OMB Circular A\u201376.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"Office of Management and Budget Circular A\u201376 (or any successor administrative regulation or policy) does not apply to a performance change to which subsection (a) applies.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}