Legislature(2003 - 2004)
05/15/2003 07:53 AM Senate L&C
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HB 313-STATE PROCUREMENT PILOT PROGRAM CHAIR CON BUNDE called the Senate Labor and Commerce Standing Committee meeting to order at 7:53 a.m. Present were Senators Stevens, Seekins, French and Bunde. The Chair announced HB 313 to be up for consideration. SENATOR HOLLIS FRENCH said someone asked him about the exemption for the procurement code in this bill and he wanted Mr. Jardell to explain how that will play out in the award of this contract. MR. KEVIN JARDELL, Assistant Commissioner, Department of Administration, explained that the provisions exempting the process from the procurement code caused the department to take a great deal of caution. He noted: We are absolutely supportive of the new technology and finding efficiencies, both in real dollars and time getting materials to our employees in a more efficient manner. Any time we begin blanket exemptions in [the] procurement code, the administration gets wide-eyed; a red flag comes up and says slow down. We've got to make sure that we're not going to get in trouble on this. That's one of the reasons we insisted that the language in the bill be permissive - that we "may" do it. If we see at any point along the line that we don't feel as the administration that we can put in the protections to the local businessmen - people selling the goods, the vendors - then we can stop the program. It is our intention to write regs and processes to insure that as much of the procurement code can be used in this process as fits. Some of it won't, but especially the systems whereby people can appeal. They can bring their problems forward and have a process to bring up any objections that they have if they feel they're not getting a fair shake.... SENATOR RALPH SEEKINS moved to pass HB 313 from committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note. There were no objections and it was so ordered. CHAIR BUNDE [recessed] the meeting at 7:56 a.m.
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