STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2280

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2494

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2494 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

     (1)  Require the State Procurement Office to establish and maintain a database of all government procurement contract data, accessible to each governmental body;

     (2)  Require each governmental body to provide all data relating to any procurement contract of the governmental body to the State Procurement Office; and

     (3)  Appropriate funds to the Department of Accounting and General Services for the State Procurement Office to establish the statewide database.

     Your Committee received comments on this measure from the State Procurement Office.

     Your Committee finds that there is very little consistency with the way government procurements are solicited and with expectations pertaining to vendor proposals.  The inconsistencies increase procurement processing time and reduce efficiency.  The establishment of a statewide database of all government procurement contract data will lead to a better standardization of contracting practices across the State.  Implementation of this measure will further the transparency and accountability of government contracting.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Requiring the chief procurement officer of each jurisdiction to be responsible for the collection and transmittal of data to the State Procurement Office; and

     (2)  Inserting an appropriation amount of $100,000.

     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. 2494, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2494, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair