Sec. 1009. ENHANCED USE OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE IN FEDERAL PROCUREMENT

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## SEC. 1009 ENHANCED USE OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE IN FEDERAL PROCUREMENT ###

(a)Report Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and make publicly available a report describing the actions of the Secretary in carrying out section 2301 of title 41, United States Code, regarding the use of electronic commerce in Federal procurement. ###

(b)Contents The report submitted under subsection

(a)shall include, with respect to the 2 fiscal years most recently ended before the fiscal year in which the report is submitted— ####

(1)an identification of the number, type, and dollar value of procurement solicitations with respect to which the public was permitted to respond to the solicitation electronically, which shall differentiate between solicitations that allowed full or partial electronic submission; ####

(2)an analysis of the information provided under paragraph

(1)and actions that could be taken by the Secretary to refine and improve the use of electronic submission for procurement solicitation responses; ####

(3)an analysis of the potential benefits of and obstacles to full implementation of electronic submission for procurement solicitation responses, including with respect to cost savings, error reduction, paperwork reduction, increased bidder participation, and competition, and expanded use of electronic bid data collection for cost-effective contract management and timely reporting; and ####

(4)an analysis of the options and technologies available to facilitate expanded implementation of electronic submission for procurement solicitation responses and the suitability of each option and technology for contracts of various types and sizes.