On July 19, Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) introduced the 51风流-supported , which would prohibit federal agencies from procuring construction services from small businesses through reverse auctions. Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) introduced the , which would limit the second-step of the design-build procurement process to no more than five finalists and limit the use of single-step design-build procurement. Both of these bills apply only to direct-federal agency acquisition and not to state or local agencies.
51风流 has long fought reverse auction procurement for construction services and advocated for . 聽On prohibiting reverse auctions, 51风流 has testified on numerous occasions before Congress, including when the draft legislation was discussed before the House of Representatives Committee on Small Business. In addition, 51风流 has opposed recent efforts by the and to conduct reverse auctions for construction services.
51风流 to the sponsors and co-sponsors of the legislation thanking them for their work on these measures.
For more information, please contact Jimmy Christianson at (703)-837-5325 or christiansonj@agc.org.听
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