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124 STAT. 3718 PUBLIC LAW 111–350—JAN. 4, 2011 until, respectively, the report is submitted or a report con- taining the certification in full compliance with the certifi- cation requirement is submitted. (d) EXEMPTION FOR THE PURCHASE OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OF THE BLIND AND OTHER SEVERELY DISABLED PEOPLE.—This sec- tion shall not apply to a commercial or industrial type function of an executive agency that is— (1) included on the procurement list established pursuant to section 8503 of this title; or (2) planned to be changed to performance by a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely disabled people in accordance with chapter 85 of this title. (e) INAPPLICABILITY DURING WAR OR EMERGENCY.—The provisions of this section shall not apply during war or during a period of national emergency declared by the President or Congress. § 1711. Value engineering Each executive agency shall establish and maintain cost-effective procedures and processes for analyzing the functions of a program, project, system, product, item of equipment, building, facility, service, or supply of the agency. The analysis shall be— (1) performed by qualified agency or contractor personnel; and (2) directed at improving performance, reliability, quality, safety, and life cycle costs. § 1712. Record requirements (a) MAINTAINING RECORDS ON COMPUTER.—Each executive agency shall establish and maintain for 5 years a computer file, by fiscal year, containing unclassified records of all procurements greater than the simplified acquisition threshold in that fiscal year. (b) CONTENTS.—The record established under subsection (a) shall include, with respect to each procurement carried out using— (1) competitive procedures— (A) the date of contract award; (B) information identifying the source to whom the con- tract was awarded; (C) the property or services the Federal Government obtains under the procurement; and (D) the total cost of the procurement; or (2) procedures other than competitive procedures— (A) the information described in paragraph (1); (B) the reason under section 3304(a) of this title or section 2304(c) of title 10 for using the procedures; and (C) the identity of the organization or activity that con- ducted the procurement. (c) SEPARATE RECORD CATEGORY FOR PROCUREMENTS RESULTING IN ONE BID OR PROPOSAL.—Information included in a record pursu- ant to subsection (b)(1) that relates to procurements resulting in the submission of a bid or proposal by only one responsible source shall be separately categorized from the information relating to other procurements included in the record. The record of that information shall be designated ‘‘noncompetitive procurements using competitive procedures’’. (d) TRANSMISSION AND DATA ENTRY OF INFORMATION.—The head of each executive agency shall—