Sec. 805. Pilot program for prototype projects for Anything-as-a-Service
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Not later than one year after the enactment of this Act and subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of Defense or any official designated by the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with each Secretary of a military department, shall establish a pilot program to enter into transactions to carry out prototype projects for Anything-as-a-Service using competitive multisourcing. Before entering into a transaction under this section, the Secretary shall— develop criteria that technology-supported capabilities are delivered as a service must meet in order to be included in a prototype project; and develop criteria for competitive multisourcing applicable to the pilot program established under this section.
The value of a transaction for a prototype project carried out under this section shall not exceed $100,000,000. The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, enter into a transaction for a prototype project under this section not earlier than 60 days and not later than 100 days after the date on which the Secretary announces an opportunity to participate in the pilot program established under this section. The requirements of sections 3204(e)(1) and 3702 of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply with respect to a transaction for a prototype project under this section if the Secretary of Defense receives three or more minimally qualified offers for such transaction.
Not later than December 31, 2024, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees on the implementation of the pilot program. Not later than 30 days after each exercise of authority under the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on such exercise. In this section: The term Anything-as-a-Service means model under which a technology-supported capability is provided to the Department of Defense as a service rather than as a product, including such capabilities as software, platforms, and infrastructure.
The term competitive multisourcing means a method to fulfill the requirements of a transaction for a prototype project entered into under the pilot program established under this section to carry out a prototype project by awarding such transaction to more than one offeror, of which one offeror shall be the primary awardee and any other offerors shall be secondary awardees prepared to take the place of the primary awardee under the transaction. The authority to carry out a prototype project under the pilot program shall terminate not more than 24 months after the date of commencing such prototype project.
The authority to carry out the pilot program under this section shall terminate on the date that is three years after the date of the enactment of this Act.