Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994

Citation
Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (FASA), Pub. L. No. 103-355 (1994).

Overview
The FASA amended provisions enacted by the Competition in Contracting Act and other Federal procurement law, streamlining the process by establishing authority for micro-purchases (under $2,500) and simplified acquisition procedures for use in acquisitions up to $100,000 generally. FASA made other important changes, such as:


 * Requiring cost, performance, and schedule goals for major acquisition programs.
 * Establishing a preference for awarding multiple task- or delivery-order contracts for the same or similar need and providing a fair opportunity (competitive) process for issuing orders against such contracts.
 * Establishing specific requirements for debriefing, including timing and content.
 * Refining the statutory rules for source selection evaluation, including that cost or price must be considered, and that factors and subfactors be identified and their relative importance revealed.
 * Establishing a statutory basis that “encourage[s] the consideration of the offerors’ past performance in the selection of contractors.”
 * Changing the requirements for publicizing certain acquisitions to provide for notice by electronic means (in lieu of Commerce Business Daily announcements).
 * Authorizing OFPP, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Department of Defense to test alternative and innovative acquisition practices.
 * Defining and establishing a statutory preference for commercial item acquisition.

The effect of FASA was the growth of streamlined acquisition alternatives in agencies, including GSA’s multiple award schedule program and agencies’ GWACs.

Source

 * GSA, A Guide to Planning, Acquiring, and Managing Information Technology Systems, at 2-4 and 2-5 (Ver. 1 Dec. 1998) (full-text).