10 U.S.C. § 3901 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 10. Armed Forces § 3901. Contracts: prohibition on competition between Department of Defense and small businesses

(a) Exclusion.--In any case in which the Secretary of Defense plans to use competitive procedures for a procurement, if the procurement is to be conducted as described in subsection (b), then the Secretary shall exclude the Department of Defense from competing in the procurement.

(b) Procurement description.--The requirement to exclude the Department of Defense under subsection (a) applies in the case of a procurement to be conducted by excluding from competition entities in the private sector other than small business concerns in furtherance of section 8 or 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637 or 644).