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Assembly Bill A3244

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires consideration of union made commodities and services in the awarding of certain procurement contracts

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2023-A3244 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6025
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §163, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A2419, S4387

2023-A3244 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires consideration as a quantitative factor whether the commodities or services were manufactured or will be performed by a labor union with respect to the awarding of certain procurement contracts.

2023-A3244 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3244
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring  consid-
   eration  of  union  made  commodities  and services in the awarding of
   certain procurement contracts

   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 chapter 569 of the laws of 2015, 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,  certified
 minority- or women-owned business enterprises as defined in subdivisions
 one, seven, fifteen and twenty of section three hundred ten of the exec-
 utive  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.  SUCH BASIS SHALL ALSO IDENTIFY AS  A  QUANTITA-
 TIVE  FACTOR  WHETHER  THE COMMODITIES OR SERVICES OFFERED WERE MANUFAC-
 TURED BY OR WILL BE PERFORMED BY MEMBERS  OF  A  LABOR  ORGANIZATION  AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   §  2. Paragraph j of subdivision 1 of section 163 of the state finance
 law, as amended by section 28 of part  PP of chapter 56 of the  laws  of
 2022, 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04734-01-3

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