Bill Text: CT HB05051 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Expanding Municipal And State Reverse Auction Authority To Include The Purchase Of Services.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-07 - Public Hearing 03/11 [HB05051 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2013-HB05051-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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January Session, 2013 |
LCO No. 2964 | ||
*02964HB05051GAE* | |||
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS |
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Introduced by: |
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(GAE) |
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AN ACT EXPANDING MUNICIPAL AND STATE REVERSE AUCTION AUTHORITY TO INCLUDE THE PURCHASE OF SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 4a-60b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013):
(a) For the purposes of this section:
(1) "Reverse auction" means an on-line bidding process in which qualified bidders or qualified proposers, anonymous to each other, submit bids or proposals to provide services, goods or supplies pursuant to an invitation to bid or request for proposals; [and]
(2) "Contracting agency" means a state agency with statutory authority to award contracts for services, goods or supplies, or a political subdivision of the state or school district; and
(3) "Services" means any (A) laundry and cleaning service, (B) pest control service, (C) janitorial service, (D) security service, (E) rental, repair or maintenance of equipment, machinery or other personal property owned by the state, a political subdivision of the state or a school district, (F) advertising, (G) photostating, (H) mimeographing, or (I) other service arrangements, other than construction or construction management services, where such services are provided by persons other than employees of the state, a political subdivision of the state or a school district.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, whenever a contracting agency determines that the use of a reverse auction is advantageous to the contracting agency and will ensure a competitive contract award, the contracting agency may use a reverse auction to award a contract for services, goods or supplies, in accordance with any applicable requirement of the general statutes and policies of the contracting agency. The contracting agency may contract with a third party to prepare and manage any such reverse auction.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
July 1, 2013 |
4a-60b |
Statement of Purpose:
To expand the authority of municipalities, school districts and state agencies to use reverse auctions for the purchase of certain services.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]