Bill > S1316

Introduced Session

This bill renames the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury as the Division of Public Procurement. Additionally, this bill revises certain aspects of the State procurement process. This bill would also repeal the statutory requirement requiring a bidder to submit a MacBride principles certification. Under this bill, the current Division of Purchase and Property will be renamed as the Division of Public Procurement. This new name aligns with the division's purpose of serving as the State's central procurement agency. The bill revises certain aspects of the State procurement process. Specifically, the bill amends existing law to:· change the timeframe for submission of the ownership disclosure statement from at the time of bidding to prior to the contract award;· exempt vendors when a single contract, or aggregated contracts in a fiscal year, is 15 percent or less of the amount of the contracting agency's bid threshold from filing the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Affirmative Action (AA) form and exempts these vendors from paying the current fee to obtain an EEO/AA certificate;· change the timeframe for submission of financial statements from immediately after bid opening to prior to the contract award; and· provide that in order to bid on a contract for public work a contractor or a subcontractor must be eligible to register as a contractor or subcontractor pursuant to law. Under this bill, the current MacBride principles certification requirement would be repealed. Repealing this certification requirement would reduce the number of statutorily required forms that a bidder is required to submit in response to a proposal or in connection with a contract award. The current certification form requires a bidder to certify that it has no business operations in Northern Ireland or that it will take lawful steps in good faith to conduct any business operations it has in Northern Ireland in accordance with the MacBride principles of nondiscrimination in employment.

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Nilsa Cruz-Perez (D)*,  Nellie Pou (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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