The Department of Defense shall select service providers for auditing services based on the best value to the Department, as determined by the resource sponsor for an auditing contract, rather than based on the lowest price technically acceptable service provider.
(Added and amended Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, § 1002(g)(1), (2), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1542, § 254b; renumbered § 240f, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title X, § 1002(a)(1)(A), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1945.)