Authority to enter into transactions other than contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants

Section 1158 of title 14, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking contracts and grants and inserting contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants; (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: (a) In general Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the Commandant may enter into transactions (other than contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants) to operate, test, and acquire cost-effective technology for the purpose of meeting the mission needs of the Coast Guard, including— (1) transactions for prototype projects; and (2) follow-on production contracts or transactions awarded under subsection (f) for the purpose of transitioning technology that has been successfully operated, tested, and evaluated using transactions (other than contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants) involving the Coast Guard, the Department of Homeland Security, a consortium of United States industry and academic institutions, or the Department of Defense (including any military department or component of the Department of Defense).; (3) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and (4) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: (f) Follow-on production contracts and transactions (1) In general A transaction entered into under subsection (a) may provide for the award of a follow-on production contract or transaction to the participants in the transaction. (2) Competitive procedures Notwithstanding the requirements of chapter 221 of title 10 and even if explicit notification was not listed within the request for proposal for the transaction, a follow-on production contract or transaction provided for in a transaction under subsection (a) may be awarded to the participants in the transaction without the use of competitive procedures if— (A) competitive procedures were used for the selection of parties for participation in the transaction; and (B) the participants in the transaction successfully completed the prototype project provided for in the transaction. (3) Determination A follow-on production contract or transaction may be awarded, pursuant to this subsection, when the Commandant determines that an individual prototype or prototype subproject as part of a consortium is successfully completed by the participants..