Sec. 5204. CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

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## SEC. 5204 CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE INFORMATION ###

(a)Deadline for Completion The Secretary shall complete all contractor performance evaluations outstanding as of the date of the enactment of this Act required by subpart 42.15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation for those contractors engaged in construction of new embassy or new consulate compounds by April 1, 2022. ###

(b)Prioritization System ####

(1)In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop a prioritization system for clearing the current backlog of required evaluations referred to in subsection (a). ####

(2)Elements The system required under paragraph

(1)should prioritize the evaluations as follows: #####

(A)Project completion evaluations should be prioritized over annual evaluations. #####

(B)Evaluations for relatively large contracts should have priority. #####

(C)Evaluations that would be particularly informative for the awarding of government contracts should have priority. ###

(c)Briefing Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall brief the appropriate congressional committees on the Department’s plan for completing all evaluations by April 1, 2022, in accordance with subsection

(a)and the prioritization system developed pursuant to subsection (b). ###

(d)Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— ####

(1)contractors deciding whether to bid on Department contracts would benefit from greater understanding of the Department as a client; and ####

(2)the Department should develop a forum where contractors can comment on the Department’s project management performance.