00                          HOUSE BILL NO. 313 am S                                                                       
01 "An Act authorizing a pilot program relating to state procurement and the use of                                        
02 electronic commerce tools; and providing for an effective date."                                                        
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                         
05 to read:                                                                                                                
06       LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.  The Alaska State Legislature finds that                                                    
07            (1)  the fiscal condition of the state requires that any opportunity to reduce                               
08 state costs in a way that does not directly reduce program delivery must be actively and                                
09 thoroughly explored;                                                                                                    
10            (2)  the costs associated with procurement and supply management are                                         
11 significant areas of the state's administrative costs and represent an area of potentially                              
12 substantial cost savings;                                                                                               
13            (3)  as a basic administrative function, procurement and supply management                                   
14 represent appropriate opportunities for achieving cost savings through the use of process                               

01 management specialists in the private sector;                                                                           
02            (4)  electronic commerce tools offer opportunities to reduce the amount of                                   
03 labor resources required to requisition, procure, and otherwise administer the acquisition of                           
04 goods and services, as well as to reduce the actual costs of goods and services.                                        
05    * Sec. 2.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
06 read:                                                                                                                   
07       PILOT PROGRAM.  (a)  The Department of Administration may enter into a pilot                                      
08 program under which the department contracts with a person from the private sector to                                   
09 provide for the delivery of procurement services and electronic commerce tools.  The contract                           
10 shall be awarded in accordance with competitive bidding procedures outlined in AS 36.30.                                
11       (b)  The pilot program authorized by (a) of this section may not apply to more than                               
12 two state departments and two other instrumentalities of the state and may not exceed three                             
13 years in length.                                                                                                        
14       (c)  A procurement conducted by the person selected under (a) of this section is not                              
15 subject to AS 36.30.  However, where practicable, the procurement shall be made in                                      
16 accordance with preferences under AS 36.15 and AS 36.30.322 - 36.30.338.                                                
17       (d)  In this section, "instrumentality of the state" means a state public corporation, a                          
18 state enterprise, or another administrative unit of state government that handles its                                   
19 procurement and supply management in a manner that is separate from a department of the                                 
20 state.                                                                                                                  
21    * Sec. 3.  Section 2 of this Act is repealed July 1, 2006.                                                         
22    * Sec. 4.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2003.