STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3335

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 2311
                                        H.D. 1
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B.
No. 2311, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, 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 clarify the selection process
for procurements for professional services.

     In particular, this bill:

     (1)  Requires that the purchasing agency is to publish its
          selection criteria together with its notice inviting
          proposals for contracts for professional services;

     (2)  Requires the screening committee designated by the head
          of the purchasing agency to use the following major
          selection criteria in descending order of importance:

          (A)  Experience and professional qualifications of its
               assigned staff in the project type;

          (B)  Past performance on projects of similar scope for
               public agencies or private industry;

 
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          (C)  Capacity to accomplish the work in the required
               time; and

          (D)  Volume of work previously awarded to the person;

     (3)  Allows the screening committee to add sub-criteria
          within each major criteria;

     (4)  Requires the head of the purchasing agency to rank the
          persons selected based on the selection criteria;

     (5)  Requires all contracts awarded to be posted
          electronically and, for each fiscal year, to be
          published statewide at least once; and

     (6)  Specifies that information to be posted and published
          is to include the name of the person or organization
          receiving the award, the dollar amount of the contract,
          and the agency head making the selection.

     Your Committee finds that the implementation of a
qualifications-based system of procuring professional services
and the posting of the results of such a system, as provided in
this bill, will greatly assist in restoring the public's faith in
government procurement practices.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2311, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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