Assembly Actions -
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Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to commerce, economic development and small business |
Apr 30, 2013 |
reported and committed to finance |
Feb 13, 2013 |
referred to commerce, economic development and small business |
Senate Bill S3750
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2013-S3750 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
- Law Section:
- Economic Development Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §142, Ec Dev L; amd §163, St Fin L
2013-S3750 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3750 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the economic development law and the state finance law, in relation to advance notice of state procurements PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To provide the public with more advance notice of state procurements so that prospective contractors may have sufficient time to evaluate an opportunity to submit a proposal. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subdivision 5 of section 142 of the economic develop- ment law to provide for a quarterly listing of procurement contracts in the amount of $50,000 in the procurement opportunities newsletter. Section 2 amends subdivision 8 of section 163 of the state finance law to require advertisement of notice of planned procurements at least six months prior to the formal request for proposal or bid request. JUSTIFICATION: Prospective contractors with the state should be allowed sufficient time to evaluate requests for proposals (RFP) by the state and to prepare a bid or proposal. Under current law state agencies are not required to provide any advance notice of RFPs. This leaves many prospective contractors without enough time to prepare. This legislation will remedy
2013-S3750 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3750 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 13, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic Devel- opment and Small Business AN ACT to amend the economic development law and the state finance law, in relation to advance notice of state procurements THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 142 of the economic development law, as amended by chapter 137 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: 5. In addition to any other notice of procurement contract opportu- nities required in this section, for procurement contracts in the amount of [two hundred] FIFTY thousand dollars or more to be awarded by all state agencies, each agency shall prepare for inclusion in the procure- ment opportunities newsletter (a) a [semi-annual] QUARTERLY listing of projected procurement purchases by category; (b) an explanation of how to apply for placement on any bidder list maintained by the agency; and (c) a description of procedures for providing advance notification by mail to individuals or business entities on such bidder lists of any request for proposals, in accordance with rules and regulations promul- gated by the agency. The commissioner, in consultation with each agency, shall arrange a schedule for each agency's [semi-annual] QUARTERLY list- ing. S 2. Subdivision 8 of section 163 of the state finance law, as amended by section 12 of part L of chapter 55 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: 8. Public notice. All procurements by state agencies, including, with- out limitation, the state university of New York and the city university of New York, in excess of fifty thousand dollars shall be advertised in the state's procurement opportunities newsletter in accordance with article four-C of the economic development law. NOTICE OF PLANNED EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08815-01-3
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