PRINTER'S NO. 2634
No. 194 Session of 1984
INTRODUCED BY TRELLO, MAYERNIK, OLASZ, SEVENTY, FRYER, PETRONE,
MICHLOVIC, MURPHY, MISCEVICH, DeLUCA, GAMBLE, PRESTON,
ALDERETTE, CESSAR AND KLINGAMAN, MARCH 14, 1984
ADOPTED, MARCH 14, 1984
A RESOLUTION
1 Establishing a committee to investigate Department of Aging
2 Directive #83-12.
3 WHEREAS, The Department of Aging has issued Directive #83-12
4 which requires competitive bidding on tangible client services.
5 These services include homemaker care, home-delivered meals,
6 etc.; and
7 WHEREAS, Many of the organizations which perform these
8 services are nonprofit, private social service agencies which
9 affects the interaction of clients, service deliveries,
10 volunteers and government; and
11 WHEREAS, Many of these nonprofit organizations have little or
12 no experience in the process of competitive bidding and may be
13 underbid by proprietary agencies. Such an action would mean the
14 abandonment of nonprofit agencies which have built a track
15 record over many years; and
16 WHEREAS, The initial cost may be lower, the long-range cost,
17 viewed in terms of quality of care and return on the dollar, may
1 be much greater; therefore be it
2 RESOLVED, That the Speaker of the House of Representatives
3 establish a committee to investigate Directive #83-12 to
4 determine if these contracts should be awarded to agencies on
5 criteria other than strict competitive bidding.
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