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[CITE: 10USC1073a]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                   CHAPTER 55--MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE
 
Sec. 1073a. Contracts for health care: best value contracting

    (a) Authority.--Under regulations prescribed by the administering 
Secretaries, health care contracts shall be awarded in the 
administration of this chapter to the offeror or offerors that will 
provide the best value to the United States to the maximum extent 
consistent with furnishing high-quality health care in a manner that 
protects the fiscal and other interests of the United States.
    (b) Factors Considered.--In the determination of best value under 
subsection (a)--
        (1) consideration shall be given to the factors specified in the 
    regulations; and
        (2) greater weight shall be accorded to technical and 
    performance-related factors than to cost and price-related factors.

    (c) Applicability.--The authority under the regulations prescribed 
under subsection (a) shall apply to any contract in excess of 
$5,000,000.

(Added Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title VII, Sec. 722(a), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 
Stat. 695.)
