Assembly Bill A7580

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes state agencies to use discretionary purchasing authority for procurements from service-disabled veteran-owned businesses

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A7580 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4856
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §163, St Fin L

2015-A7580 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes state agencies to use discretionary purchasing authority for procurements from service-disabled veteran-owned businesses.

2015-A7580 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7580

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 19, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE, PEOPLES-STOKES -- (at request of the
  Office of General Services) -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to authorizing  state
  agencies  to  use  discretionary purchasing authority for procurements
  from service-disabled veteran-owned business

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  j of subdivision 1 of section 163 of the state
finance law, as amended by section 2 of part L of chapter 55 of the laws
of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
  j. "Best value" means the basis for awarding contracts for services to
the offerer which optimizes quality, cost and efficiency, among  respon-
sive and responsible offerers. Such basis shall reflect, wherever possi-
ble, objective and quantifiable analysis. Such basis may also identify a
quantitative  factor for offerers that are small businesses [or], certi-
fied minority- or women-owned business enterprises as defined in  subdi-
visions  one,  seven, fifteen and twenty of section three hundred ten of
the executive law OR SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED  SIXTY-NINE-H  OF
THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW  to  be used in evaluation of offers for awarding of
contracts for services.
  S 2. Subdivision 6 of section 163 of the state finance law, as amended
by section 1 of part P of chapter 55 of the laws of 2013, is amended  to
read as follows:
  6. Discretionary buying thresholds. Pursuant to guidelines established
by the state procurement council: the commissioner may purchase services
and  commodities in an amount not exceeding eighty-five thousand dollars
without a  formal  competitive  process;  state  agencies  may  purchase
services  and  commodities  in  an  amount  not exceeding fifty thousand
dollars without a formal competitive process;  and  state  agencies  may

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09536-01-5

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