12 2 STA T .438 1 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 41 7—O CT. 14 , 2008 (A)adv a ncesi n th e l evel ofpr otection
( B ) w ei g ht red u ction; and ( C ) m anufacturing productivit y
( 4 ) an assessment of the feasi b ility and advisability of establishing a separate , dedicated procurement line item for the ac q uisition of body armor and associated components for fiscal year 201 1 and for each fiscal year thereafter; ( 5 ) an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of establishing an e x ecutive agent for the acquisition of body armor and associated components for the military departments beginning in fiscal year 2011; and ( 6 ) an assessment of existing initiatives used by the mili - tary departments to manage or execute body armor programs, including the Cross- S ervice W arfighter E quipment Board, the J oint Clothing and T extiles G overnance Board, and advanced planning briefings for industry .SEC.143 .S MAL LA R MS AC QUI SI T I ON STRATE GY AN D REQUIREMENTS RE V IE W . (a) S ECR E TA R YOFD EFE NS E R E P ORT. —N ot later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the small arms requirements of the Armed F orces and the industrial base of the U nited States. The report shall include the following
(1) An assessment of Department of Defense-wide small arms requirements in terms of capabilities and quantities, based on an analysis of the small arms capability assessments of each military department. (2) An assessment of plans for small arms research, development, and acquisition programs to meet the require- ments identified under paragraph (1). ( 3 ) An assessment of capabilities, capacities, and ris k sin the small arms industrial base of the United States to meet the requirements of the Department of Defense for pistols, carbines, rifles, and light, medium, and heavy machine guns during the 20 years following the date of the report. (4) An assessment of the costs, benefits, and risks of full and open competition for the procurement of non-developmental pistols and carbines that are not technically compatible with the M9 pistol or M4 carbine to meet the requirements identified under paragraph (1). (b) CO M PET I TION FOR A NE WI N D I V ID U A L WEAPON.— (1) COMPETITION RE Q UIRED.—If the small arms capabilities based assessments by the Army identifies gaps in small arms capabilities and the Secretary of the Army determines that a new individual weapon is required to address such gaps, the Secretary shall procure the new individual weapon using full and open competition as described in paragraph (2). (2) FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION.—The full and open com- petition described in this paragraph is competition among all responsible manufacturers that— (A) is open to all developmental item solutions and non-developmental item solutions; and (B) provides for the award of a contract based on selection criteria that reflect the key performance param- eters and attributes identified in a service requirements document approved by the Army. 10USC23 0 4note.
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