House of Representatives

HB 2582

procurement; on-line bidding

Sponsors: Voss, Weiers, Leff, Robson, et al

DP	Committee on Energy Utilities & Technology
X	Committee on Retirement & Government Operations
	Committee on Appropriations
	Caucus and COW	This bill as introduced contains an Emergency clause.
	As Passed the House

House Bill 2582 allows public agencies to use on-line biding for the purchasing of goods, services, construction and information services.

History

Currently, the majority of State procurement is carried out using a paper process. A public agency distributes solicitations and notices through paper documents and receives bids on those offers on paper as well. A growing number of solicitations and notices are being posted on the D.O.A.’s web-site.

Provisions

· Defines in statute: CONSTRUCTION, INFORMATION SERVICES, INTERNET, ON-LINE BIDDING, PROCUREMENT, PUBLIC AGENCY, and SERVICES.

· Allows public agencies to obtain bids for goods, services, construction and information services using electronic bidding.

· Specifies that an opening date and time be designated.

· Allows the closing date and time to be fixed or to remain open.

· Requires the closing date and time must be included in the solicitation.

· Requires bids to be accepted from the beginning of the bidding process until the official close.

· States that on-line bids must be posted electronically and be updated on a real-time basis.

· Allows public agencies to require bidders to register prior to the bid, specify terms and conditions, and establish other solicitation requirements.

· Allows public agencies to prequalify bidders and limit the participants to those who have prequalified.

· States that public agencies retain their right to designate the criteria for making awards.

· States that all-electronic bids are public information and are bound by the same public disclosure laws as traditional sealed bids.

· Extends the remedies available to public agencies and to bidders that apply to the sealed bid process to include public agencies and bidders in an on-line bidding process.

· Establishes the State Electronic Commerce Fund consisting of monies appropriated by the legislature and any gifts, grants or devises that benefit the fund.

· States that the Department of Administration shall administer the fund.

· Permits monies to be appropriated continuously and remain exempt from provisions pertaining to the lapsing of appropriations.

· Designates the fund to help finance electronic commerce initiatives.

· Authorizes the department to disburse monies to public agencies based on requests and statewide electronic commerce priorities.

· Stipulates that a public agency that has received monies from the State Electronic Commerce Fund to establish electronic commerce initiatives must repay the fund plus a percentage of the savings if a savings has been realized through its implementation.

· Allows the public agency to retain the remainder of the savings.

· Specifies that monies be invested and divested by the state treasurer and the profits credited to the fund.

· Contains an emergency clause.

HB 2582 passed the Energy Utilities & Technology Committee unamended.

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45th Legislature

First Regular Session 2 February 22, 2001

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