Assembly Bill A10559

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to procurement of contract proposals for zero-emission buses

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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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2019-A10559 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8548
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Transportation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §18-c, Transp L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A2083, S3405

2019-A10559 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a best-value contracting framework when evaluating procurement contract proposals for zero-emission buses and charging equipment.

2019-A10559 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10559
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 3, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Dinowitz) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the transportation law, in relation to procurement of
   contract proposals for zero-emission buses
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The transportation law is amended by adding a new section
 18-c to read as follows:
   § 18-C. ZERO-EMISSION BUS PROCUREMENT CONTRACT PROPOSALS.    1.  EVERY
 PUBLIC  TRANSPORTATION  SYSTEM  ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE OPERATING ASSISTANCE
 PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTEEN-B OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL USE A  SYSTEM  THAT
 INCORPORATES A BEST-VALUE CONTRACTING FRAMEWORK TO CONSIDER THE QUALITY,
 COST  AND  EFFICIENCY  OF  OFFERORS WHEN EVALUATING PROCUREMENT CONTRACT
 PROPOSALS FOR THE PURCHASE OF ZERO-EMISSION BUSES  AND  CHARGING  EQUIP-
 MENT.  SUCH  FRAMEWORK  SHALL  REFLECT, WHENEVER POSSIBLE, OBJECTIVE AND
 QUANTIFIABLE ANALYSIS. SUCH  FRAMEWORK  SHALL  IDENTIFY  A  QUANTITATIVE
 FACTOR  FOR  OFFERORS  THAT PRIORITIZE AND INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING IN SUCH
 PROCUREMENT CONTRACT PROPOSAL:
   A. AN EMPLOYMENT PLAN WHICH SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (I) WORKER WAGES;
   (II) WORKER BENEFITS;
   (III) WORKER SAFETY;
   (IV) TRAINING, RETRAINING, AND REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS; AND
   (V) A COMMITMENT TO CREATE HIGH QUALITY JOBS WITHIN THE STATE  TO  THE
 MAXIMUM  EXTENT  PRACTICABLE FOR DISADVANTAGED OR UNDERREPRESENTED INDI-
 VIDUALS;
   B. A COMMITMENT TO CONSIDER THE INTERESTS OF MEMBERS OF THE  COMMUNITY
 THAT  SURROUND  SUCH  OFFEROR'S FACILITY AND THE INTERESTS OF MEMBERS OF
 THE COMMUNITY FROM WHICH WORKERS ARE RECRUITED; AND
   C. A DESCRIPTION OF EFFORTS BY THE OFFEROR  TO  LOWER  GREENHOUSE  GAS
 EMISSIONS AND SUCH OFFEROR'S IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE.
   2.  THE FRAMEWORK ESTABLISHED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL
 INCLUDE NOTICE TO OFFERORS STATING THAT:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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