STAND. COM. REP. NO. 114-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2311
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was
referred H.B. No. 2311 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE FOR
     DESIGN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require the procurement of
design professional services on the basis of qualifications under
the Hawaii Public Procurement Code by:

     (1)  Specifying selection criteria, making experience in
          project type the chief selection criteria by evaluating
          past performance; and

     (2)  Establishing ranking of professional service providers
          by a selection committee.

     The American Society of Civil Engineers; Consulting
Engineers Council of Hawaii; American Institute of Architects,
AIA Hawaii State Council; Hawaii Chapter of the American Public
Works Association; Consulting Structural Hawaii, Inc.;
Construction Industry Legislative Organization, Inc.; Fewell
Geotechnical Engineering, Ltd.; Miyashiro and Associates, Inc.;
MK Engineers, Ltd.; Sato & Associates, Inc.; D. L. Adams
Associates, Ltd.; Earth Tech Inc.; Paul Louie & Associates, Inc.;
SSFM International, Inc.; and several concerned individuals
supported this measure.


 
 
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     The State Procurement Office, Department of Accounting and
General Services, Department of Transportation, City and County
of Honolulu's Department of Design and Construction opposed this
measure.

     This measure was passed unamended to allow for continuing
discussion and resolution under the following conditions:

     (1)  The chair of this Committee will meet jointly with the
          government agencies in opposition to this bill and the
          design professionals expressing strong support; and

     (2)  A hearing by the Committee on Finance will be
          contingent on sufficient agreement between the parties
          involved to the degree that the chair of this Committee
          feels that further consideration would be warranted.
          Rather than deferring for subsequent action by this
          Committee, referral to the Committee on Finance was
          deemed appropriate since eight of the ten members of
          this Committee (including both the chair and vice
          chair) also sit on the Committee on Finance.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 2311 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and
be referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Legislative
                                   Management,



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                                   EZRA KANOHO, Chair