{"data":{"id":"us/10-u.s.c.-2469","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 U.S.C. § 2469","heading":"Contracts to perform workloads previously performed by depot-level activities of the Department of Defense: requirement of competition","body":"(a) Requirement for Competition.—The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the performance of a depot-level maintenance and repair workload described in subsection (b) is not changed to performance by a contractor or by another depot-level activity of the Department of Defense unless the change is made using—(1) merit-based selection procedures for competitions among all depot-level activities of the Department of Defense; or (2) competitive procedures for competitions among private and public sector entities. (b) Scope.—Except as provided in subsection (c), subsection (a) applies to any depot-level maintenance and repair workload that has a value of not less than $3,000,000 (including the cost of labor and materials) and is being performed by a depot-level activity of the Department of Defense. (c) Exception for Public-Private Partnerships.—The requirements of subsection (a) may be waived in the case of a depot-level maintenance and repair workload that is performed at a Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence designated under subsection (a) of section 2474 of this title by a public-private partnership entered into under subsection (b) of such section consisting of a depot-level activity and a private entity. (d) Inapplicability of OMB Circular A–76.—Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 (or any successor administrative regulation or policy) does not apply to a performance change to which subsection (a) applies.","path":["Title 10—ARMED FORCES","CHAPTER 146—CONTRACTING FOR PERFORMANCE OF CIVILIAN COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL TYPE FUNCTIONS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc10@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:10Z","sha256":"dbe13e4b17ced5d8868f04bb687bea5ca5a156c13075280e3a1550d36ed45153","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/10-u.s.c.-2468","next":"us/10-u.s.c.-2469a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}