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AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 1200

Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE GRELL

Printer's No. 2409

Amend Bill, page 1, lines 15 through 17; page 2, lines 1 

through 9, by striking out all of said lines on said pages and

inserting

(b)  Public posting and availability of procurement

information.--The purchasing agency shall post the following

procurement documents on the department's, or in the case of an

independent agency, its own publicly accessible Internet website

or otherwise made available in the manner indicated below:

(1)  Public notice of an invitation for bids or request

for proposals may be given in accordance with section 512(c)

(1) (relating to competitive sealed bidding) or 513(b)

(relating to competitive sealed proposals) by posting the

invitation for bids or request for proposals, including if

applicable, the written determination required by section

513(a), on the date issued and until the closing date for

receipt of bids or proposals.

(2)  Bid tabulations recording the name of each bidder

and bid amount in accordance with section 512(d) shall be

posted as soon as practicable after bid opening, unless the

purchasing agency elects to cancel the invitation for bids.

(3)  Notices of award pursuant to an invitation for bids

shall be posted as soon as practicable after the purchasing

agency elects to make an award in accordance with section

512(g).

(4)  The written determination required by section 513(g)

shall be posted upon receipt of the final negotiated contract

signed by the selected offeror. Subject to proper redaction

under the Right-to-Know Law, responsive proposals received by

the purchasing agency and until fully executed, the final

negotiated contract, are not required to be posted but shall

be made available to the public upon request.

(5)  Requests to award a contract pursuant to section

515(a)(1), (2), (4) and (10) (relating to sole source

procurement) shall be posted for seven calendar days for

public comment prior to approval of the request by the

department or independent purchasing agency. Upon approval of

a request by the department or independent purchasing agency,

the signed and written determination required under section

515(b) shall be posted.

(6)  The written determinations required by section 516

(relating to emergency procurement) shall be posted in

advance, if feasible, but no later than seven calendar days

after authorization by the department or independent

purchasing agency.

(7)  All contracts resulting from a procurement under

this part shall be posted as soon as practicable upon their

full execution by the Commonwealth.

(8)  Requests pursuant to section 515 or 516 to extend a

contract for which no further options, renewals or extensions

are available in the contract shall be posted for seven

calendar days for public comment prior to approval of the

request by the department or independent purchasing agency.

Upon approval of a request by the department or an

independent purchasing agency, the signed and written

determination required under section 515(b) or 516 shall be

posted.

(c)  Access and retention.--Procurement documents specified

under subsection (b) must be accessible on the Internet website

for a minimum of 30 days from posting and further retained in

accordance with section 563 (relating to retention of

procurement records) and applicable agency record retention

policies.

Amend Bill, page 4, lines 29 and 30; page 5, lines 1 through

3, by striking out "and shall be posted on the " in line 29, all

of line 30 on page 4, all of lines 1 and 2 and "days" in line 3

on page 5