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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1481, 1713, 2009, 2035 | PRINTER'S NO. 2409 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY FOLMER, VOGEL, RAFFERTY, ERICKSON, ORIE, SMUCKER, FARNESE, PILEGGI, ALLOWAY, BROWNE, WAUGH, FERLO, YUDICHAK, BOSCOLA, MENSCH AND PICCOLA, JULY 21, 2011 |
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| AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 62 (Procurement) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, providing for public access to procurement records; | <-- |
3 | and further providing for competitive sealed proposals, for | <-- |
4 | sole source procurement and for emergency procurement. |
5 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
6 | hereby enacts as follows: |
7 | Section 1. Sections 515 and 516 of Title 62 of the | <-- |
8 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read: |
9 | Section 1. Title 62 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated | <-- |
10 | Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: |
11 | § 106.1. Public access to procurement records. |
12 | (a) General rule.--Records concerning a procurement shall be |
13 | made public, consistent with the act of February 14, 2008 |
14 | (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law. |
15 | (b) Access for noncompetitive contracts.--If a procurement |
16 | is to be made under section 513 (relating to competitive sealed |
17 | proposals), 515 (relating to sole source procurement), 517 |
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1 | (relating to multiple awards), 518 (relating to competitive |
2 | selection procedures for certain services), 519 (relating to |
3 | selection procedure for insurance and notary bonds) or 905 |
4 | (relating to procurement of design professional services), seven |
5 | calendar days prior to execution by the contracting official the |
6 | purchasing agency shall post the proposed contract and any |
7 | written determination made by the contracting officer which is |
8 | related to the contract on its publicly accessible Internet |
9 | website. |
10 | Section 2. Sections 513(e), 515 and 516 of Title 62 are |
11 | amended to read: |
12 | § 513. Competitive sealed proposals. |
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14 | (e) Evaluation.--The relative importance of the evaluation |
15 | factors shall be fixed prior to opening the proposals. A |
16 | Commonwealth agency is required to invite its comptroller to |
17 | participate in the evaluation as a nonvoting member of any |
18 | evaluation committee. No individual who has been employed by an |
19 | offeror within the last two years may participate in the |
20 | evaluation of proposals. |
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22 | § 515. Sole source procurement. |
23 | (a) General rule.--A contract may be awarded for a supply, |
24 | service or construction item without competition if the |
25 | contracting officer first determines in writing that one of the |
26 | following conditions exists: |
27 | (1) Only a single contractor is capable of providing the |
28 | supply, service or construction. |
29 | (2) A Federal or State statute or Federal regulation |
30 | exempts the supply, service or construction from the |
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1 | competitive procedure. |
2 | (3) The total cost of the supply, service or |
3 | construction is less than the amount established by the |
4 | department for small, no-bid procurements under section 514 |
5 | (relating to small procurements). |
6 | (4) It is clearly not feasible to award the contract for |
7 | supplies or services on a competitive basis. |
8 | (5) The services are to be provided by attorneys or |
9 | litigation consultants selected by the Office of General |
10 | Counsel, the Office of Attorney General, the Department of |
11 | the Auditor General or the Treasury Department. |
12 | (6) The services are to be provided by expert witnesses. |
13 | (7) The services involve the repair, modification or |
14 | calibration of equipment and they are to be performed by the |
15 | manufacturer of the equipment or by the manufacturer's |
16 | authorized dealer, provided the contracting officer |
17 | determines that bidding is not appropriate under the |
18 | circumstances. |
19 | (8) The contract is for investment advisors or managers |
20 | selected by the Public School Employees' Retirement System, |
21 | the State Employees' Retirement System or a State-affiliated |
22 | entity. |
23 | (9) The contract is for financial or investment experts |
24 | to be used and selected by the Treasury Department or |
25 | financial or investment experts selected by the Secretary of |
26 | the Budget. |
27 | (10) The contract for supplies or services is in the |
28 | best interest of the Commonwealth. |
29 | (b) Posting of determination on Internet.--For procurements | <-- |
30 | made under subsection (a)(1), (2), (4) and (10), a |
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1 | determination to support the finding that the condition exists |
2 | shall be posted on the purchasing agency's publicly accessible |
3 | Internet website for seven calendar days for public comment |
4 | prior to Commonwealth execution of the contract. |
5 | (c) (b) Written determination.--The written determination | <-- |
6 | authorizing sole source procurement shall be included in the |
7 | contract file. For procurements over $250,000 made under |
8 | subsection (a)(10), the determination shall be signed by the |
9 | head of the purchasing agency. |
10 | (d) (c) Approval required by board of commissioners of | <-- |
11 | public grounds and buildings.-- With the exception of small |
12 | procurements under section 514 and emergency procurements under |
13 | section 516 (relating to emergency procurement), if the sole |
14 | source procurement is for a supply, except for computer software |
15 | updates under $50,000, for which the department acts as |
16 | purchasing agency, it must be approved by the Board of |
17 | Commissioners of Public Grounds and Buildings prior to the award |
18 | of a contract. |
19 | § 516. Emergency procurement. |
20 | The head of a purchasing agency may make or authorize others |
21 | to make an emergency procurement when there exists a threat to |
22 | public health, welfare or safety or circumstances outside the |
23 | control of the agency create an urgency of need which does not |
24 | permit the delay involved in using more formal competitive |
25 | methods. Whenever practical, in the case of a procurement of a |
26 | supply, at least two [bids] quotes shall be solicited. A written |
27 | determination of the basis for the emergency and for the |
28 | selection of the particular contractor shall be included in the |
29 | [contract file.] procurement file and shall be posted on the |
30 | purchasing agency's publicly accessible Internet website within |
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1 | seven calendar days after the emergency procurement is |
2 | authorized and shall remain on the website for a minimum of 30 |
3 | days. No written contract shall be required. The supplier of the |
4 | supply, service or construction may be paid based on the |
5 | emergency approval and approved invoice. |
6 | Section 2 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. | <-- |
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