STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2575

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3015

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 3015 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to make an appropriation of $550,000 for fiscal year 2020-2021 to the Department of Accounting and General Services for innovative project delivery training, development, and consulting purposes.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services and the State Procurement Office. Your Committee notes that although the testimony submitted by the State Procurement Office was meant for SB3143 (2020), the State Procurement Office offered oral testimony in support of this measure during the hearing.

Your Committee finds that this appropriation invests in training and building expertise within the Public Works Division of the Department of Accounting and General Services to enable the state to shift large public works projects from low-bid procurement to more sophisticated procurement methods that provide the most effective and cost-efficient results.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

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. 3015, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3015, 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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LAURA H. THIELEN, Chair