41 USC § 132 - Competitive procedures

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title: "41 USC § 132 - Competitive procedures"
title_number: 41
title_name: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS"
section_number: "132"
section_name: "Competitive procedures"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "DEFINITIONS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "DIVISION B DEFINITIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3682.)"
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# § 132. Competitive procedures

In division B, the term “competitive procedures” means procedures under which an agency enters into a contract pursuant to full and open competition.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3682.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 132 | 41:403(5). | Pub. L. 93–400, § 4(5), formerly § 4(6), as added Pub. L. 98–369, title VII, § 2731(3), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1195; redesignated as § 4(5), Pub. L. 100–679, § 3(c), Nov. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 4056; Pub. L. 103–355, title VIII, § 8001(b)(1)–(3), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3386. |