THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY CHRISTIANA, BEAR, BENNINGHOFF, BOBACK, BOYD, CAUSER, CIVERA, CLYMER, COX, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DALLY, DELOZIER, DENLINGER, ELLIS, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, GEIST, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GRELL, GROVE, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, KILLION, KNOWLES, MAJOR, MARSICO, METZGAR, MILLER, MILNE, MOUL, MURT, MUSTIO, OBERLANDER, PICKETT, PYLE, RAPP, REED, REESE, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROCK, ROHRER, ROSS, SAYLOR, S. H. SMITH, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TALLMAN, J. TAYLOR, TURZAI, VULAKOVICH AND WATSON, DECEMBER 15, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Title 62 (Procurement) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, further providing for competitive sealed proposals.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 513(e) of Title 62 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 513.  Competitive sealed proposals.

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(e)  Evaluation.--The relative importance of the evaluation

factors shall be fixed prior to opening the proposals. A

Commonwealth agency is required to invite its comptroller to

participate in the evaluation as a nonvoting member of any

evaluation committee. No individual who has been employed by an

offeror within the last two years may participate in the

evaluation of proposals.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.