10 USC 3458 – Authority to acquire innovative commercial products and commercial services using general solicitation competitive procedures
(a)
(b)
(c)
(2) Contracts or agreements entered into using the authority under subsection (a) shall be fixed-price, including fixed-price incentive contracts.
(3) Notwithstanding section 3451(1) of this title, products and services acquired using the authority under subsection (a) shall be treated as commercial products and commercial services.
(d)
(2) Notice of an award under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) Description of the innovative commercial product or commercial service acquired.
(B) Description of the requirement, capability gap, or potential technological advancement with respect to which the innovative commercial product or commercial service acquired provides a solution or a potential new capability.
(C) Amount of the contract awarded.
(D) Identification of the contractor awarded the contract.
(e)
(1) any technology, process, or method, including research and development, that is new as of the date of submission of a proposal; or
(2) any application that is new as of the date of submission of a proposal of a technology, process, or method existing as of such date.