Honolulu, Hawaii
H.D. 1
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1126, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to improve the State's procurement process with increased transparency and accountability by, among other things:
(1) Transferring the Compliance Audit Unit from the Office of the Auditor to the State Procurement Office, but requiring the Auditor to periodically audit the Compliance Audit Unit to ensure compliance;
(2) Directing the Compliance Audit Unit to establish and maintain a database of meaningful statewide procurement contract data and participate in legislative hearings and policy board meetings to present its findings;
(3) Directing the Administrator of the State Procurement Office to serve as a liaison to the Policy Board and Chief Procurement Officers on policy matters, including reporting on metrics for all rulemaking and legislative initiatives relating to procurement policy;
(4) Requiring contract modifications, change orders, or contract price adjustments in specified circumstances to be submitted to the Chief Procurement Officer for approval, then the Administrator of the State Procurement Office for notification; and
(5) Appropriating funds for the purpose of establishing a statewide procurement database.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1126, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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