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2006
CONTRACT PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
Following identifies priority issues to be addressed by
the Committees and Councils during 2006.
- Support reform and permanent extension of the Procurement Stewardship
Act.TBC supported reforms would:
- increase the threshold for discretionary purchasing by state
agencies and municipalities.
- assure a more timely approval of
contracts by: increasing the threshold for Office of State
Comptroller's pre-audit of state contracts reducing the time
period for OSC pre-audit reviews, and by clarifying responsibilities
of agencies, OGS and OSC in the permit review process.
- provide
for a centralized vendor responsibility database that required
periodic updates and a reasonable scope of inquiry regarding
past legal compliance and contract performance.
- provides for
broader use of leasing by state agencies.
- provide for on-line
distribution of the state Contract Reporter.
- provide for post-award
debriefings for unsuccessful bidders.
- Support amendments to
the 2005 Procurement Lobbying Act to establish a more reasonable
definition of procurement lobbying activities, to clarify prohibitions
on contingent contracts, and eliminate inconsistencies between
the Legislative Law and State Finance Law. %%Support either
the repeal of Executive Order 127, or incorporation of certain
provisions of EO 127 into the Procurement Lobbying Act.
- Oppose
legislation that imposes undue new restrictions on state contacts,
including prohibitions on the use of out of state or"offshore" resources
to service contracts; unreasonable criteria for state personal
service contracts; and requirements for vendors to submit their
employee data to the state.
- Support the use of "cost of ownership" criteria
in any use of "aggregate
purchasing" by the Office of General Services.
- Support adoption
of reasonable general contract conditions by OGS that avoid
imposing unreasonable obligations or liabilities on vendors.
- Support
legislation that exempts homeland security-related procurement
that is federally funded from OSC pre-audit requirements.
Click here for the 2006 Legislative
Program for all Issue areas.
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