SB283 H GO AM 2-21

Smith 3192

The Committee on Government Organization moves to amend the bill on page three, section one, line twenty-four, by striking out the word “is” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “are”.

And,

On page three, section one, line twenty-five, by striking out the word “is” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “are”.

On page three, section one, line twenty-nine, by striking out “$1 million” and inserting in lieu thereof “$500,000”.

And,

On page nine, section ten-c, line forty-three, by striking out the word “who” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “that”.

And,

On page eleven, section ten-e, line forty-four, by striking out “$1 million” and inserting in lieu thereof “$500,000”.

And,

On page eleven, section ten-e, line forty-five, by striking out “$1 million” and inserting in lieu thereof “$500,000”.

And,

On page eleven, after section ten-e, by adding thereto a new section, designated section nineteen, to read as follows:

Ҥ5A-3-19. Purchases from federal government and other sources.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the director may, upon the recommendation of a state spending unit, participate in, sponsor, conduct, or administer a cooperative purchasing agreement or consortium for the purchase of commodities or services with agencies of the federal government, agencies of other states, other public bodies, other state agencies, or other cooperative contracting entities if available and financially advantageous. At the discretion of the director, bids may be solicited to determine whether participation in such a cooperative purchasing agreement or consortium is financially advantageous. The Director’s decision to participate in, sponsor, conduct, or administer a cooperative purchasing agreement or consortium must be in the best interest of the State.  In making the decision to allow the use of a cooperative contract, the Director may consider such things as the integrity of the process utilized by the cooperative entity to award the contract, cooperative contract pricing, the ability of the State to competitively bid the commodity in question, any time constraints on the requesting agency, and other relevant factors.  The Director may not consider preferential factors like residency status of potential vendors.

(b) The Department of Administration may approve administrative fees, not to exceed the amount of $50,000, necessary to participate in a cooperative purchasing agreement. Fees which exceed $50,000 are subject to the competitive bid requirements of this article.”

And,

On page twenty-nine, section one, line three, by striking out “$1 million” and inserting in lieu thereof “$500,000”.

On page twenty-nine, section one, line four, by striking out “$1 million” and inserting in lieu thereof “$500,000”.

And,

On page twenty-nine, section one, line eight, after the word “exchange” by striking out the period and inserting in lieu thereof a colon and the following proviso: “Provided, That publicly traded companies may provide the same disclosures required of other interested parties and/or business entities or, in lieu of the financial and interested parties disclosures required in the applicable contract for the relevant state agency, may provide a copy of a related document filed within the last year with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission which contains similar disclosures.”