SB352 SFAT #1 Boso 3-8

Fletcher  7835

Senator Boso 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 352—A Bill to amend and reenact §15A-3-14 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §15A-3-14a, all relating to the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation acquiring and disposing of services, goods, and commodities; clarifying notice requirements; allowing the division to require surety; expanding acceptable forms of surety; allowing the division to utilize best value procurement; providing exception; establishing procedure for best value procurement; allowing for direct award procurement; establishing procedure for direct award procurement; allowing the division to run criminal background checks, financial background checks, licensing background checks, and credit checks to determine eligibility for award of contract; enumerating grounds upon which division shall disqualify vendors from being awarded a contract or having contract renewed; limiting disclosure under Freedom of Information Act of records obtained in response to solicitations for bids and records relating to solicitations for, or purchases of, items related to safe and secure running of any facility under jurisdiction of commissioner of division; creating special revenue fund; and providing for methods of disposition of surplus property owned by the division.

Adopted

Rejected