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10 U.S.C. § 3208

Planning for future competition in contracts for major systems

United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective

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10 U.S.C. § 3208, Planning for future competition in contracts for major systems, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/434653
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Proposals referred to in the first sentence of paragraph (1) are the following: Proposals referred to in the first sentence of paragraph (1) are proposals identifying opportunities to ensure that the United States will be able to obtain on a competitive basis items procured in connection with the system that are likely to be reprocured in substantial quantities during the service life of the system. Proposals submitted in response to such requirement may include the following: Whenever the head of an agency requires that proposals described in subsection (a)(2) or (b)(2) be submitted by an offeror in its offer, the offeror shall not be required to provide a proposal that enables the United States to acquire competitively in the future an identical item if the item was developed exclusively at private expense unless the head of the agency determines that—

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