{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/s4232","title":10,"num":"\u00a7\u202f4232.","heading":"Prohibition on use of lowest price technically acceptable source selection process","text":"\u00a7\u202f4232.\nProhibition on use of lowest price technically acceptable source selection process\n(a)\nIn General.\u2014\nThe Department of Defense shall not use a lowest price technically acceptable source selection process for the engineering and manufacturing development contract of a major defense acquisition program.\n(b)\nDefinitions.\u2014\nIn this section:\n(1)\nLowest price technically acceptable source selection process.\u2014\nThe term \u201clowest price technically acceptable source selection process\u201d has the meaning given that term in part 15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.\n(2)\nEngineering and manufacturing development contract.\u2014\nThe term \u201cengineering and manufacturing development contract\u201d means a prime contract for the engineering and manufacturing development of a major defense acquisition program.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t10/s4232.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s4232","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f4232."},{"t":"heading","text":"Prohibition on use of lowest price technically acceptable source selection process"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s4232/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In General.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The Department of Defense shall not use a lowest price technically acceptable source selection process for the engineering and manufacturing development contract of a major defense acquisition program.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s4232/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this section:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s4232/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Lowest price technically acceptable source selection process.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201clowest price technically acceptable source selection process\u201d has the meaning given that term in part 15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s4232/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Engineering and manufacturing development contract.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201cengineering and manufacturing development contract\u201d means a prime contract for the engineering and manufacturing development of a major defense acquisition program.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}