Sec. 845. Additional testing of commercial e-commerce portal models
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Section 846(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 ( 41 U.S.C. 1901 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Administrator shall— begin testing commercial e-commerce portal models other than any commercial e-commerce portal identified in the recommendations issued under paragraph (3); and shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes— a summary of the assessments conducted under subsection (c)(2) with respect to a commercial e-commerce portal provider identified in the recommendations issued under subsection (c)(3); a list of the types of commercial products procured from such provider; the amount spent by the head of a department or agency under the program, disaggregated by type of commercial product and commercial e-commerce portal provider; a update on the commercial e-commerce portal models being tested and a timeline for completion of such testing.
Upon completion of testing conducted under paragraph
(5)and before taking any action with respect to the commercial e-commerce portal models tested, the Administrator of General Services shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the results of such testing that includes— an assessment and comparison of commercial e-commerce portal providers with respect to— price and quality of the commercial product supplied by each commercial e-commerce portal model; supplier reliability and service; safeguards for the security of Government information and third-party supplier proprietary information; protections against counterfeit commercial products; supply chain risks, particularly with respect to complex commercial products; and overall adherence to Federal procurement rules and policies; and an analysis of the costs and benefits of the convenience to the Federal Government of procuring commercial products from each commercial e-commerce portal providers. .
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