HB2936 SFAT Blair 4-8

Bailey 7965

Senator Blair moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 2936–A Bill to amend and reenact §5A-3-11, §5A-3-19 and §5A-3-37 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to state purchases of commodities, printing and services generally; authorizing the Office of Technology to engage in procurement of technical infrastructure up to $500,000 without the approval of the director of the Division of Purchasing, subject to legislative rules; authorizing spending units to purchase commodities, printing or services without written bids for purchases of $2,500 or less; requiring spending units to make such purchases, when practical, at the lowest available price, whether online or within a reasonable geographic area; requiring the director of the Division of Purchasing, upon recommendation of the Office of Technology, to participate in a cooperative purchasing agreement or consortium for the purchase of technical infrastructure with certain governmental entities; providing that a nonresident vendor of information technology equipment or services that maintains at least one office within West Virginia and employs a minimum of twenty-five state residents may qualify for a bidding preference; establishing a reciprocal preference; and providing that a resident vendor of West Virginia shall receive a preference against a nonresident vendor from any state that gives or requires a preference to bidders from that state in an amount equal to the amount of the preference given or required by the state of the nonresident vendor for that particular supply.