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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 2810 (EAS) — 115 HR 2810 EAS: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 · Sec. 898

Sec. 898. Pilot program for streamlined technology transition from the SBIR and STTR programs of the Department of Defense

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In this section— the terms commercialization , Federal agency , Phase I , Phase II , Phase III , SBIR , and STTR have the meanings given those terms in section 9(e) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 638(e) ); the term covered small business concern means— a small business concern that completed a Phase II award under the SBIR or STTR program of the Department; or a small business concern that— completed a Phase I award under the SBIR or STTR program of the Department; and a contracting officer for the Department recommends for inclusion in a multiple award contract described in subsection (b); the term Department means the Department of Defense; the term multiple award contract has the meaning given the term in section 3302(a) of title 41, United States Code; the term pilot program means the pilot program established under subsection (b); and the term small business concern has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632 ).
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program under which the Department shall award multiple award contracts to covered small business concerns for the purchase of technologies, supplies, or services that the covered small business concern has developed through the SBIR or STTR program. The Secretary of Defense may establish procedures to waive provisions of section 2304 of title 10, United States Code, for purposes of carrying out the pilot program.
A multiple award contract described in subsection
(b)may be used by any service or component of the Department. The pilot program established under this section shall terminate on September 30, 2023. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the commercialization of products and services produced by a small business concern under an SBIR or STTR program of a Federal agency through— direct awards for Phase III of an SBIR or STTR program; or any other contract vehicle.
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