Requires that public contracts be divided by size into large, medium, small and micro contracts for the purpose of increasing opportunities for small businesses, including minority-owned business enterprises and women-owned business enterprises, to participate in state contracts.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9976
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 2, 2018
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Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring that
public contracts be divided by size into large, medium, small and
micro contracts for the purpose of increasing opportunities for small
businesses to participate in state contracts
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 10 of section 163 of the state
finance law, as amended by chapter 95 of the laws of 2000, is amended to
read as follows:
c. The commissioner or state agency may elect to award a contract to
one or more responsive and responsible offerers provided, however, that
the basis for the selection among multiple contracts at the time of
purchase shall be the most practical and economical alternative and
shall be in the best interests of the state, and further provided that
the requirements set forth herein shall not preclude the commissioner
from establishing multiple award contracts for reasons including
increased opportunities for small businesses to participate in state
contracts. TO THE EXTENT FEASIBLE, THE COMMISSIONER OR STATE AGENCY
SHALL ENDEAVOR TO DIVIDE CONTRACTS BY SIZE INTO LARGE, MEDIUM, SMALL AND
MICRO CONTRACTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES, INCLUDING MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES AND WOMEN-
OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED TEN OF
THE EXECUTIVE LAW, TO PARTICIPATE IN STATE CONTRACTS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to paragraph c
of subdivision 10 of section 163 of the state finance law made by
section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and
shall be deemed repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14864-02-8
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