Sec. 841. Multiple program multiyear contract pilot demonstration program

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The Secretary of Defense may conduct a multiyear contract, over a period of up to four years, for the purchase of units for multiple defense programs that are produced at common facilities at a high rate, and which maximize commonality, efficiencies and quality, in order to provide maximum benefit to the Department of Defense. Contracts awarded under this section should allow for significant savings, as determined consistent with the authority under section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, to be achieved as compared to using separate annual contracts under individual programs to purchase such units, and may include flexible delivery across the overall period of performance.

The contracts authorized in

(a)shall at a minimum provide for the acquisition of units from three discrete programs from two of the military departments. Each contract awarded under subsection

(a)shall include the documentation required to be provided for a multiyear contract proposal under section 2306b(i) of title 10. In this section— the term high rate means total annual production across the multiple programs of more than 200 end-items per year; and the term common facilities means production facilities operating within the same general and allowable rate structure. No new contracts may be issued under the authority of this section after September 30, 2021.