SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Contracting Data and Bundling 
Accountability Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. PLAN FOR IMPROVING DATA ON BUNDLED AND CONSOLIDATED CONTRACTS.

    Section 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(s) Data Quality Improvement Plan.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than the first day of fiscal 
        year 2016, the Administrator of the Small Business 
        Administration, in consultation with the Small Business 
        Procurement Advisory Council, the Administrator of the Office 
        of Federal Procurement Policy, and the Administrator of the 
        General Services Administration shall develop a plan to improve 
        the quality of data reported on bundled and consolidated 
        contracts in the Federal procurement data system.
            ``(2) Plan requirements.--The plan shall--
                    ``(A) describe the roles and responsibilities of 
                the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, 
                the Directors of the Offices of Small and Disadvantaged 
                Business Utilization, the Small Business Procurement 
                Advisory Council, the Administrator of the Office of 
                Federal Procurement Policy, the Administrator of the 
                General Services Administration, the senior procurement 
                executives, and Chief Acquisition Officers in 
                implementing the plan described in paragraph (1) and 
                contributing to the annual report required by 
                subsection (p)(4);
                    ``(B) make necessary changes to policies and 
                procedures on proper identification and mitigation of 
                contract bundling and consolidation, and to training 
                procedures of relevant personnel on proper 
                identification and mitigation of contract bundling and 
                consolidation;
                    ``(C) establish consequences for failure to 
                properly identify contracts as bundled or consolidated;
                    ``(D) establish requirements for periodic and 
                statistically valid data verification and validation; 
                and
                    ``(E) assign clear data verification 
                responsibilities.
            ``(3) Committee briefing.--Once finalized and by not later 
        than 90 days prior to implementation, the plan described in 
        this subsection shall be presented to the Committee on Small 
        Business of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
        Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate.
            ``(4) Implementation.--Not later than the first day of 
        fiscal year 2017, the Administrator of the Small Business 
        Administration shall implement the plan described in this 
        subsection.
            ``(5) Certification.--The Administrator shall annually 
        provide to the Committee on Small Business of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Small Business and 
        Entrepreneurship of the Senate certification of the accuracy 
        and completeness of data reported on bundled and consolidated 
        contracts.
            ``(6) GAO study and report.--
                    ``(A) Study.--Not later than the first day of 
                fiscal year 2018, the Comptroller General of the United 
                States shall initiate a study on the effectiveness of 
                the plan described in this subsection that shall assess 
                whether contracts were accurately labeled as bundled or 
                consolidated.
                    ``(B) Contracts evaluated.--For the purposes of 
                conducting the study described in subparagraph (A), the 
                Comptroller General of the United States--
                            ``(i) shall evaluate, for work in each of 
                        sectors 23, 33, 54, and 56 (as defined by the 
                        North American Industry Classification System), 
                        not fewer than 100 contracts in each sector;
                            ``(ii) shall evaluate only those 
                        contracts--
                                    ``(I) awarded by an agency listed 
                                in section 901(b) of title 31, United 
                                States Code; and
                                    ``(II) that have a Base and 
                                Exercised Options Value, an Action 
                                Obligation, or a Base and All Options 
                                Value; and
                            ``(iii) shall not evaluate contracts that 
                        have used any set aside authority.
                    ``(C) Report.--Not later than 12 months after 
                initiating the study required by subparagraph (A), the 
                Comptroller General of the United States shall report 
                to the Committee on Small Business of the House of 
                Representatives and the Committee on Small Business and 
                Entrepreneurship of the Senate on the results from such 
                study and, if warranted, any recommendations on how to 
                improve the quality of data reported on bundled and 
                consolidated contracts.
            ``(7) Definitions.--In this subsection the following 
        definitions shall apply:
                    ``(A) Chief acquisition officer; senior procurement 
                executive.--The terms `Chief Acquisition Officer' and 
                `senior procurement executive' have the meanings given 
                such terms in section 44 of this Act.
                    ``(B) Federal procurement data system 
                definitions.--The terms `Base and Exercised Options 
                Value', `Action Obligation', `Base and All Options 
                Value', and `set aside authority' have the meanings 
                given such terms by the Administrator for Federal 
                Procurement Policy in the Federal procurement data 
                system on October 1, 2013, or subsequent equivalent 
                terms.''.
Contracting Data and Bundling Accountability Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to develop a plan to improve the quality of data reported on bundled and consolidated contracts in the federal procurement data system. Requires the plan to: (1) describe the roles and responsibilities of the Administrator, the Directors of the Offices of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, the Small Business Procurement Advisory Council, the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, the Administrator of the General Services Administration, the senior procurement executives, and Chief Acquisition Officers in implementing the plan and contributing to the annual report; (2) make necessary changes to policies and procedures on proper identification and mitigation of contract bundling and consolidation, and to training procedures of relevant personnel on proper identification and mitigation of contract bundling and consolidation; (3) establish consequences for failure to properly identify contracts as bundled or consolidated; (4) establish requirements for periodic and statistically valid data verification and validation; and (5) assign clear data verification responsibilities. Requires the finalized plan to be presented to the House and Senate small business committees by not later than 90 days prior to implementation. Directs the Administrator to: (1) implement the plan by the first day of FY2017, and (2) annually provide to such committees certification of the accuracy and completeness of data reported on bundled and consolidated contracts. Directs the Comptroller General (GAO): (1) to initiate a study by the first day of FY2018 on the effectiveness of the plan that shall assess whether contracts were accurately labeled as bundled or consolidated; and (2) not later than 12 months after initiating the study, to report to the small business committees on the results from such study and, if warranted, any recommendations on how to improve the quality of data reported on bundled and consolidated contracts.
Contracting Data and Bundling Accountability Act of 2014