SB283 SFAT Ferns 3-9

Greenlief 7835

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

Eng. Com. Sub. for Senate Bill 283--A Bill to amend and reenact §5-22-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §5A-3-10b, §5A-3-10c, §5A-3-10e, §5A-3-33d, §5A-3-33f, §5A-3-37, and §5A-3-45 of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §5A-3-61; to amend and reenact §5G-1-3 and §5G-1-4 of said code; to amend and reenact §6D-1-1 of said code; and to amend and reenact §18B-5-4 of said code, all relating generally to procurement by state agencies; defining terms; authorizing competitive bidding of certain open-ended repair and maintenance contracts; modifying use and consideration of alternates in solicitations; prohibiting alternates from being accepted out of order; modifying criteria to be considered in best value procurement awards; eliminating sole source procurement; establishing direct award procurement requirements; establishing prequalification agreements and their requirements and procedures; authorizing agency-delegated prequalification bidding and its procedure; increasing certain cost limits from $50,000 to $1 million; authorizing awarding contracts without competitive bidding if certain requirements are met; eliminating master contracts and direct ordering process; expanding the scope of those who may be debarred; eliminating preferences for resident vendors, vendors employing state residents, and veteran residents; establishing the concept of “reciprocal preference” for an in-state vendor over an out-of-state vendor from any state that gives or requires a preference to bidders from that state and setting forth its requirements; providing certain preferences for purchases of motor vehicles or construction and maintenance equipment and machinery used in highway and other infrastructure projects; modifying the value determination of certain motor vehicles that are to be sold; permitting funds from sale of surplus property be deposited in alternate fund if original fund no longer exists; permitting spending units to use a standardization process to purchase commodities and setting forth its requirements; permitting an architectural or engineering firm to be selected without bidding if certain conditions exist; increasing the cost of projects under which Division of Highways is permitted to procure services of architectural and engineering firms under certain provisions; increasing certain contract limits from $100,000 to $1 million for purposes of disclosure; modifying provisions requiring disclosure of interested parties; requiring certain reporting; removing preference requirements for higher education; and authorizing rulemaking.

Adopted

Rejected