House Approves AGC Procurement Reform Measures in NDAA

Action Moves to Senate This week, the House approved several AGC-supported procurement reform measures included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2015, H.R. 4435. The measures would help:

• Prohibit reverse auctions for construction services;
• Limit the second-step shortlist for design-build procurements to three to five finalists;
• Promote greater accuracy, transparency and accountability in the reporting of contract bundling and consolidation;
• Enable more small businesses to apply for and receive loans through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA); and
• Prevent fraud by providing financial certainty to assets that support individual surety.

AGC helped organize a coalition letter of 13 construction industry trade associations in support of the provisions and advocated for them throughout dozens of meetings with members of Congress and their staff. Action now moves to the Senate. For more information, please contact Jimmy Christianson at (703) 837-5325 or christiansonj@agc.org.