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                                  5657

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 17, 2009
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL, BRODSKY, GLICK, CANESTRARI, JOHN,
  MILLMAN, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  BRADLEY,  BRENNAN,
  CAHILL, CHRISTENSEN, CLARK, COLTON, COOK, DelMONTE, ESPAILLAT, FIELDS,
  GORDON,  GOTTFRIED,  HOYT,  JACOBS, KOON, LUPARDO, MAYERSOHN, McENENY,
  PEOPLES, PHEFFER, REILLY, SCHROEDER, SWEENEY, WRIGHT -- read once  and
  referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  authorities law, in relation to central
  procurement offices

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new arti-
cle 1-B to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 1-B
                       CENTRAL PROCUREMENT OFFICE
SECTION 60. CENTRAL PROCUREMENT OFFICE.
  S 60. CENTRAL PROCUREMENT OFFICE. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM
"AUTHORITY" SHALL MEAN A PUBLIC AUTHORITY OR OTHER PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPO-
RATION CREATED UNDER THIS CHAPTER OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW.
  2.  THERE SHALL BE CREATED WITHIN EACH AUTHORITY A CENTRAL PROCUREMENT
OFFICE. ALL CONTRACTS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF GOODS AND SERVICES OF EVERY
KIND FOR EACH SUCH AUTHORITY  AND  EACH  AND  EVERY  SUBSIDIARY  OF  THE
AUTHORITY  SHALL  BE  ENTERED  INTO  ON  BEHALF OF SUCH AUTHORITY BY THE
CENTRAL PROCUREMENT OFFICER OR HIS OR HER DELEGATE.
  3. IN ADDITION, THE CENTRAL PROCUREMENT OFFICE SHALL HAVE RESPONSIBIL-
ITY TO MAINTAIN, IN A CENTRAL PLACE WHICH IS ACCESSIBLE TO  THE  PUBLIC,
STANDARD  INFORMATION  REGARDING  EACH  PROCUREMENT  CONTRACT  WITH  THE
AUTHORITY AND EACH CONTRACTOR INVOLVED IN SUCH A CONTRACT. SUCH INFORMA-
TION SHALL INCLUDE:
  A. A COPY OF THE CONTRACT;
  B. INFORMATION REGARDING THE METHOD BY WHICH THE CONTRACT WAS LET;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06118-01-9

              

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  C. SUCH STANDARD DOCUMENTS AS THE CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AND
ANY MEMORANDA OF THE AUTHORITY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES CONCERNING  ANALYSIS
OF  THE  COMPARATIVE  COSTS  OF USING THE VENDOR TO PERFORM THE WORK AND
USING AUTHORITY EMPLOYEES TO PERFORM THE WORK;
  D.  INFORMATION REGARDING THE CONTRACTOR'S QUALIFICATIONS AND PERFORM-
ANCE;
  E. ANY EVALUATION OF THE CONTRACTOR AND ANY  CONTRACTOR  RESPONSES  TO
SUCH EVALUATIONS;
  F.  ANY  AUDITS  OF  THE CONTRACT AND ANY CONTRACTOR RESPONSES TO SUCH
AUDITS; AND
  G. ANY DECISIONS REGARDING THE SUSPENSION OR DEBARMENT OF THE CONTRAC-
TOR.
  4. THE INFORMATION ON CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTORS SHALL BE  COMPUTERIZED
TO  THE EXTENT FEASIBLE. THE COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION SHALL BE STORED IN
A MANNER WHICH ALLOWS FOR MEANINGFUL READ-ONLY ACCESS TO  SUCH  INFORMA-
TION  BY  THE  NAME  OF  THE UNIT OF THE AUTHORITY USING THE CONTRACTOR,
CONTRACTOR NAME, CONTRACT CATEGORY, AND CONTRACT NUMBER IN PRIOR NOTICES
PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHORITY. THE COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION SHALL  BE  MADE
AVAILABLE  TO  THE  PUBLIC  THROUGH COMPUTER TERMINALS ACCESSIBLE TO THE
PUBLIC IN APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY LOCATIONS. THE AUTHORITY SHALL,  TO  THE
EXTENT  FEASIBLE, COOPERATE WITH ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WHICH MAINTAIN
SIMILAR INFORMATION REGARDING CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTORS IN THE SAME AREA
AS THE AUTHORITY TO SHARE AND INTEGRATE THE AUTHORITY'S  INFORMATION  ON
CONTRACTS  AND  CONTRACTORS WITH THE INFORMATION DEVELOPED BY SUCH OTHER
MUNICIPALITIES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.