House of Representatives

HB 2582

procurement; on-line bidding

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

DP	Committee on Energy Utilities & Technology
w/D	Committee on Retirement & Government Operations
dpa	Committee on Appropriations
x	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.

HB 2582 was withdrawn from the Committee on Retirement & Government Operations

HB 2582 was amended in the Committee on Appropriations as follows:

- Inserted the number “10” into a blank percentage figure which specifies what amount of cost savings realized by the provisions of the bill which are to be reverted back into the fund from which an agency receive monies.

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45th Legislature

First Regular Session 2 March 8, 2001

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