CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO.118

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 2000

                            RE:   S.B. No. 2521
                                  S.D. 1
                                  H.D. 1
                                  C.D. 1




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

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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives
in S.B. No. 2521, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:  

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
     CONTRACTS," 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to establish disclosure
requirements for purchasing agencies of contracts for
professional services of $250,000 or more.

     This measure requires the contracting agency to:

     (1)  Post within an unspecified number of days on the
          agency's bulletin board and Internet:

          (A)  The name of the firm or individual awarded the
               contract; and

 
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          (B)  The amount of the contract awarded;

     (2)  Make available an annual report of all contracts for
          professional services posted the agency's bulletin
          board or Internet which shall include:

          (A)  The name of the contracting agency; and

          (B)  The amount and type of each contract awarded.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
measure by:

     (1)  Requiring screening committees to consider but not be
          limited to, the following primary selection criteria:

          (A)  Experience and professional qualifications of the
               staff to be assigned to the project;

          (B)  Past performance on projects of similar scope; and

          (C)  Capacity to complete work in allotted time frame.

     (2)  Requiring heads of purchasing agencies to rank
          candidates based on the selection criteria;

     (3)  Requiring contracts awarded under this section to be
          posted electronically within seven days of the award
          for at least one year.  The posting shall include the
          names of the top five persons submitted for
          consideration of the award, the name of the person or
          entity receiving the award, the dollar amount of the
          award, the name of the purchasing head making the
          award, and any relationship between the principals and
          the official making the award;

     (4)  Deleting the proposed language that established
          negotiation requirements for contracts for professional
          services of $250,000 or more and required contracting
          agencies to make available annual reports of all
          contracts for professional services; and

     (5)  Making conforming technical, nonsubstantive amendments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your
Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your
Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 2521, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and

 
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recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto
as S.B. No. 2521, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the managers:

  ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE           ON THE PART OF THE SENATE




_____________________________     _______________________________
Rep. DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE           Sen. ROD TAM
Chair                             Co-Chair



                                  _______________________________
                                  Sen. CAROL FUKUNAGA
                                  Co-Chair


 
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