STAND. COM. REP. NO.  96-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1768

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business, to which was referred H.B. No. 1768 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to amend section 103D-707, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), to:

 

     (1)  Allow an additional post-award remedy if a public procurement contract is not fully executed; and

 

     (2)  Allow for rescission of public procurement contract award, and application of remedies prior to award as provided in section 103D-706, HRS.

 

     The City and County of Honolulu, State Procurement Office, and Department of Accounting and General Services testified in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Specifying minimum error amounts that trigger the available contract remedies; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1768, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1768, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business,

 

 

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair