the acquisition without the technical assistance of another organizational unit of an agency to the maximum extent practicable. (E) The project manager shall be authorized, in coordination with the users and testers of the software to be acquired, to make tradeoffs among lifecycle costs, requirements, and schedules to meet the goals of the acquisition. (F) The service acquisition executive or the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, as applicable, shall serve as the decision authority for the acquisition. (G) The project manager of a defense streamlined acquisition shall be provided a process to expeditiously seek a waiver from Congress from any statutory or regulatory requirement that the project manager determines adds little or no value to the management of the acquisition. (e) Contract terms (1) In general A contract entered into pursuant to the guidance required by subsection (a)— (A) may be awarded within a 90-day period after solicitation on the basis of— (i) statements of qualifications and past performance data submitted by offerors