STAND. COM. REP. NO. 350

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1358

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 1358 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the State Procurement Office to establish a database of all government procurement contract data, accessible to each governmental body.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Ulupono Initiative and Hawaii Operating Engineers Industry Stabilization Fund.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the State Procurement Office and City and County of Honolulu Department of Budget and Fiscal Services.

     Your Committee finds that the establishment of a statewide procurement database is consistent with transparency and accountability in government contracting.  The database may lead to better standardization of contracting practices across the State.  A meaningful database requires thoughtful organization, adequate training for database users, and inclusion of important information.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by specifying the data that each governmental body shall provide to the State Procurement Office for inclusion in the procurement contract database.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1358, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1358, 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,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair