STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2219

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2234
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Government Operations and Housing, to
which was referred S.B. No. 2234 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT OF PROFESSIONAL
     SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to provide for the
procurement of professional services from qualified architects,
engineers, and professionals in order to promote the growth of
small and medium sized businesses in Hawaii.  

     To accomplish its purpose, this measure requires invitations
soliciting resumes and statements of qualifications to be sent to
all licensed professionals appropriate for a particular project,
and limits each candidate on the list of qualified persons to two
contracts a year.

     Testimony in opposition to this measure was received from
the Department of Accounting and General Services, the State
Procurement Office, the American Institute of Architects, and
Fewell Geotechnical Engineering, Ltd.  Comments were received
from the Consulting Engineers Council of Hawaii.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by removing the
proposed provisions and adding instead a provision that excludes
professional services relating to construction from the
requirements under section 103D-304, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and

 
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subjects them to the competitive sealed proposal provisions under
section 103D-303, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Government Operations and Housing that is attached
to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 2234, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B.
No. 2234, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Government
                                   Operations and Housing,



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                                   ROD TAM, Chair

 
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