Sec. 124. Limitation on the use of sole source shipbuilding contracts
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None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for Joint High Speed Vessels
(JHSV)or Expeditionary Fast Transports
(EPF)may be used to enter into or prepare to enter into a sole source contract unless the Secretary of the Navy submits to the congressional defense committees the certification described in subsection
(b)and the report described in subsection (c). A certification described in this subsection is a certification by the Secretary of the Navy that a contract for one or more Joint High Speed Vessels
(JHSV)or Expeditionary Fast Transports (EPF)— is in the national security interest of the United States; will not result in exceeding the requirement for the ship class, as delineated in the most recent Navy Force Structure Assessment; will use a fixed-price contract; will include a fair and reasonable contract price, as determined at the discretion of the Service Acquisition Executive; and will provide for government purpose data rights of the ship design. A report described in this subsection is a report that contains the following elements: The basis for awarding a non-competitive sole source contract. A description of courses of action to achieve competitive ship or component-level contract awards in the future, should additional ships in the class be procured, including for each such course of action, a notional implementation schedule and associated cost savings, as compared to a sole source award.