Sec. 4. Prohibition on the use of a reverse auction for the award of a contract for design and construction services
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council, in consultation with the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, shall amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to prohibit the use of reverse auctions for awarding contracts for construction and design services. For purposes of this section— the term design and construction services means— site planning and landscape design; architectural and engineering services (including surveying and mapping defined in section 1101 of title 40, United States Code); interior design; performance of construction work for facility, infrastructure, and environmental restoration projects; delivery and supply of construction materials to construction sites; and construction or substantial alteration or repair of public buildings or public works; and the term reverse auction means, with respect to procurement by an agency— a real-time auction conducted through an electronic medium between a group of offerors who compete against each other by submitting bids for a contract or task order with the ability to submit revised bids throughout the course of the auction; and the award of the contract or task order to the offeror who submits the lowest bid.