Modifications to commercial solutions openings

Section 3458 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: (a) Authority The Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments may acquire commercial products, commercial services, and nondevelopmental items through a competitive selection of proposals resulting from a general solicitation and the peer review, technical review, or operational review (as appropriate) of such proposals, and may issue, without further justification, follow-on contract awards or agreements, including sole source awards or agreements, to the recipient.; (2) by striking subsection (e); (3) by redesignating subsection (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; (4) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: (c) Sole-source follow-on The Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments may issue follow-on contract awards or agreements, including sole source awards, for any products, services, or items acquired through the competitive procedures described under subsection (a) subject to approval requirements in sections 3204 or 4022 of this title.. (5) in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this section— (A) by striking paragraph (1); and (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.