Bill Text: HI SB506 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Procurement; Highway Construction Affecting Utilities
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-05-25 - (S) Act 140, 5/25/2010 (Gov. Msg. No. 598). [SB506 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB506-Introduced.html
Report Title:
Procurement; Hawaii Products; Preference
Description:
Allows for persons desiring a Hawaii product preference when submitting bids to self-certify as an alternative to registration on the Hawaii products list. Amends the definition of a Hawaii product by revising the product classes. Revises administrative rules relating to exemptions from procurement.
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to procurement.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Approximately ninety per cent of Hawaii's food is imported from the continental United States or foreign countries. This equates to an exportation of over $3,000,000,000 annually to places outside of Hawaii.
But, this practice is not only on a public commercial level. Even the State of Hawaii and its political subdivisions, as large purchasers and consumers of agricultural products, procure agricultural products outside the State of Hawaii. However, this is contrary to the intent of the procurement laws.
In 1994, Act 186 created a "preference" for purchase of Hawaii products, which was codified into part X of chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes. The purpose was to provide Hawaii businesses a procurement preference similar to the federal government's "Buy American Act" under Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.225-1.
Yet, undermining and eviscerating the entire preference program, are the administrative rules that exempt certain products from the entire procurement code, as found in section 3-120-4, Hawaii Administrative Rules, "Exhibit A". Specifically, exempt from any of the provisions of the entire chapter 103D, including the preferences are "fresh meats and produce", "animals and plants", and "food and fodder for animals".
In addition, the administrative rules create a cumbersome, lengthy and complex process under sections 3-124-1 thru 3-124-8, Hawaii Administrative Rules, that require offerors to be placed on a pre-approved "list". This process does not allow for Hawaii business to respond and submit proposals in a timely fashion, nor does it reflect the need for flexibility in an ever-changing marketplace. Instead, offerors, should be required to "self-certify" that their products meet the Hawaii products preference criteria, or subject themselves to rigorous penalties.
The legislature recognizes that direct intervention into the administrative rules is an unusual procedure. However, given the current uncertainties in these fiscal times, and the length of time that amending administrative rules can take to comply with chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, nonetheless, the legislature finds that the exemptions and procedures in the administrative rules are inconsistent with the purposes, letter and spirit of sections 103D-1001 thru 103D-1012, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Therefore, the legislature takes it upon itself to revise and simplify sections 103D-1001 thru 103D-1002, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and to amend and automatically repeal certain sections of the administrative rules.
SECTION 2. Section 103D-1001, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§103D-1001 Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
"Direct labor" means all work required for preparation, processing, or packing of goods or performance of services, but not work relating to supervision, administration, inspection, or shipping.
"Fair market price" means the price of a product or service paid by a willing buyer to a willing seller, that is reasonably comparable to prices on the open market.
"Hawaii input" means the part of the cost of a product attributable to production, manufacturing, or other expenses arising within the State. "Hawaii input" includes but is not limited to:
(1) The cost to mine, excavate, produce, manufacture, raise, or grow the materials in Hawaii;
(2) The added value of that portion of the cost of imported materials that is incurred after landing in Hawaii, including but not limited to other articles, materials and supplies added to the imported materials;
(3) The cost of labor, variable overhead, utilities, and services incurred in the production and manufacturing of materials or products in the State; and
(4) Fixed overhead cost and amortization or depreciation cost, if any, for buildings, tools and equipment situated and located in the State and utilized in the production or manufacturing of a product.
"Hawaii component means those articles, materials, supplies and labor incorporated directly into the products acquired for public use under the contract.
"Hawaii products" means products that
are mined, excavated, produced, manufactured, raised, or grown in the State and
where the [input constitutes no less than twenty-five] cost of the Hawaii
input towards the product must exceed fifty per cent of the [manufactured]
total cost[;] of the product; provided that:
[(1) Where the value of the input
constitutes twenty-five per cent or more, but less than fifty per cent, of the
manufactured cost, the product shall be classified as class I;
(2)] (1) Where the value of the input [constitutes]
exceeds fifty per cent [or more, but less than seventy-five per cent,]
of the [manufactured] total cost, the product shall be classified
as class [II;] I; and
[(3) Where the value of the input
constitutes seventy-five per cent or more of the manufactured cost, the product
shall be classified as class III.]
(2) Where any agricultural, aquacultural, horticultural, silvicultural, floricultural, or livestock product is raised, grown, or harvested in the State, the product shall be classified as class II.
"Hawaii software development business" means any person, agency, corporation, or other business entity with its principal place of business or ancillary headquarters located in the State and that proposes to obtain eighty per cent of the labor for software development from persons domiciled in Hawaii.
"Office paper" includes computer paper, bond paper, ledger paper, xerographic copier paper, envelopes, and other related types of paper on which printing, writing, or drawing is intended.
"Person" means every individual, partnership, firm, society, unincorporated association, joint venture, group, hui, joint stock, company, corporation, trustee, personal representative, trust estate, decedent's estate, trust, or other entities, whether the persons are doing business for themselves or in any agency or fiduciary capacity.
"Person with disabilities" means any person who is so severely incapacitated by any physical or mental disability that the person cannot engage in normal competitive employment because of the disability.
"Post-consumer material" means a material or finished product that has served its intended use and has been discarded for disposal or recovery, having completed its life as a consumer item, and is a part of the broader category of recovered material.
"Printed material" includes business forms, stationery, business cards, brochures, reports, publications, advertising and promotional collateral, and other related materials, including reports, publications, and related materials commissioned as part of any professional services contract.
"Produced or manufactured" includes the processing, developing, and making of a thing into a new article with a distinct character and use through the application of input within the State including Hawaii products, labor, skill, or other services. "Produced or manufactured" does not include the mere assembling or putting together of non-Hawaii products or material.
"Products" include materials,
manufactures, supplies, merchandise, goods, wares, products, and foodstuffs[.]
acquired for public use under the contract.
"Public agency" means any agency of the State or county.
"Qualified community rehabilitation program" means a nonprofit community rehabilitation program for persons with disabilities that:
(1) Is organized and incorporated under the laws of the United States or this State, and located in this State;
(2) Is operated in the interest of and [[]employs[]]
persons with disabilities;
(3) Does not inure any part of its net income to any shareholder or other individual;
(4) Complies with all applicable occupational health and safety standards required by the federal, state, and county governments; and
(5) Holds a current certificate from the United States Department of Labor pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act, Title 29 United States Code section 214(c), and is certified by the state department of labor and industrial relations under section 387-9 and applicable administrative rules relating to the employment of persons with disabilities.
"Recovered material" means waste material and by-products that have been recovered or diverted from solid waste. "Recovered material" does not include those materials and by-products generated from, and commonly reused within, an original manufacturing process.
"Software development" means any work related to feasibility studies, system requirements analysis, system design alternatives analysis, system external specifications, system internal specifications, programming, testing, debugging, or implementation for an electronic data processing system."
SECTION 3. Section 103D-1002, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§103D-1002 Hawaii products. (a)
A purchasing agency shall review all specifications in a bid or proposal for
purchase from [the] Hawaii products [list] where these products
are available[; provided that the products:
(1) Meet the minimum specifications and the
selling price f.o.b. jobsite;
(2) Unloaded including applicable general
excise tax and use tax does not exceed the lowest delivered price in Hawaii
f.o.b. jobsite; and
(3) Unloaded, including applicable general
excise tax and use tax, does not exceed the lowest delivered price of a similar
non-Hawaii product by more than:
(A) Three per cent where class I
Hawaii products are involved;
(B) Five per cent where class II
Hawaii products are involved; or
(C) Ten per cent where class III
Hawaii products are involved].
(b) All invitations for bids and requests for
proposals shall include a [description]:
(1) Description of the products that
are listed in the Hawaii products list established pursuant to this section, [and
their established classes,] which may be used to complete the scope of work
specified in the invitation for bids or request for proposals[, where the
products are]; or
(2) Allow self-certification as part of the offer that the Hawaii products qualify for preference;
provided that the offer can be evaluated along with any other published criteria in the solicitation, including but not limited to such considerations as specific nutritional content or equivalent, timing of delivery, quality or freshness, and past performance, if applicable.
All Hawaii products in any bid or request
for proposal shall be made available [and meet] for inspection or
additional information may be requested to verify that the Hawaii product meets
the minimum specifications.
(c) All persons submitting bids or proposals to claim a Hawaii products preference shall designate in their bids which individual product and its price is to be supplied as a Hawaii product.
(d) Where a bid or proposal contains both
Hawaii and non-Hawaii products, then for the purpose of selecting the lowest bid
or purchase price only, the price bid or offered for a Hawaii product item
shall be decreased by subtracting [therefrom: three per cent, five per
cent, or] ten per cent for the class I, [class II, or class III] of
the Hawaii product items bid or offered[,] or fifteen per cent
for the class II, respectively. The lowest total bid or proposal, taking
the preference into consideration, shall be awarded the contract unless the bid
or offer provides for additional award criteria. The contract amount of any contract
awarded, however, shall be the amount of the bid or price offered, exclusive of
the preferences.
(e) Upon receipt and approval of application
for Hawaii products preference, the administrator shall include within the
Hawaii products list, the names of producers and manufacturers in the State who
are authorized to supply locally manufactured soil enhancement products to
state agencies under subsection [(h).] (k). The administrator of
the state procurement office shall maintain and distribute copies of the list
to the purchasing agencies of the various governmental agencies.
(f) Any person, not on the Hawaii products list, desiring a preference pursuant to this section shall certify the Hawaii product when submitting a response to a solicitation, provided that the person certifies under penalty of sanctions that the offered Hawaii products meet the requirements for the preference.
The procurement officer may request additional information deemed necessary in order to qualify a product and shall have sole discretion in determining qualification for the preference.
Any offeror whose product is deemed not qualified for the preference may appeal by filing a written request for reexamination of facts to the procurement officer. Upon determining that the offeror is qualified for the preference, the procurement officer shall notify the administrator to place the offeror on the Hawaii products list.
(g) Solicitations shall contain a provision notifying offerors who request application of the preference that in the event of any change that materially alters the offeror's ability to supply Hawaii products, the offeror shall immediately notify the chief procurement officer in writing and that the parties shall enter into discussions for the purposes of revising the contract or termination for convenience.
(h) Nothing in this section shall limit, restrict nor preclude a Hawaii product from any preferences, set-asides, or criteria that may be applied under section 103D-906, and instead, shall operate to mutually enhance the purposes of both.
[(f)] (i) This section shall not
apply whenever its application will disqualify any governmental agency from
receiving federal funds or aid.
[(g)] (j) Any purchase made or
any contract awarded or executed in violation of this section shall be void and
no payment shall be made by any purchasing agency on account of the purchase or
contract.
[(h)] (k) For the purposes of
this section, "soil enhancement product" means any nonchemical soil
preparation, conditioner, or compost mixture designed to supplement aeration or
add organic, green waste, or decaying matter to the soil; provided that the
term does not include any plant fertilizer intended to stimulate or induce
plant growth through chemical means. All state agencies shall include in their
solicitations, when required, the soil enhancement products identified on the
Hawaii products list pursuant to subsection (e)."
SECTION 4. Chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§103D-1002.5 Failure to adequately verify, deliver, or supply Hawaii product(s). If the administrator or procurement officer calling for the offer has made any contract under section 103D-1002, finds that in the performance of that contract there has been a failure to comply with those provisions, the contract shall be voidable and the findings shall be referred for debarment or suspension proceedings under section 103D-702."
SECTION 5. Section 3-120-4, Hawaii Administrative Rules, is amended to read as follows:
"§3-120-4 Procurements exempt from chapter 103D, HRS. (a) Notwithstanding the intent of chapter 103D, HRS, to require governmental bodies to procure their goods and services through competitive bidding, it is acknowledged that there may be situations where procurement by competitive means is either not practicable or not advantageous to the State.
(b) An exhibit A titled "Procurements
Exempt From Chapter 103D, HRS" dated [05/09/01,] 07/01/09,
is located at the end of this chapter. This exhibit provides a list of goods
and services which the procurement policy board has determined to be exempt
from chapter 103D, HRS, because although such goods and services may be
available from multiple sources, their procurement by competitive means would
be either not practicable or not advantageous to the State.
(c) Chief procurement officers may request periodic reports from the heads of purchasing agencies of procurements made pursuant to section (b). The heads of purchasing agencies may be required to include in their reports, descriptions of the process or procedures the agency used to select the vendor ensuring maximum fair and open competition whenever practicable.
(d) Chief procurement officers may on an annual basis request that additional exemptions be added to the exhibit.
(e) The procurement policy board shall review the exhibit annually for amendments.
(f) Purchasing agencies making procurements which are exempt from chapter 103D, HRS, are nevertheless encouraged to adopt and use provisions of the chapter and its implementing rules as appropriate; provided that the use of one or more provisions shall not terminate the exemption and subject the procurement of the purchasing agency to any other provision of the chapter.
(g) Purchasing agencies shall cite on the purchase order or on the contract, the authority waiver as "Exempt From Chapter 103D, HRS, pursuant to section 3-120-4(b) (cite exemption number from exhibit), Hawaii Administrative Rules".
"EXHIBIT A"
PROCUREMENTS EXEMPT FROM CHAPTER 103D, HRS
[05/09/01]
07/01/09
Exemptions are in section 103D-102(b)(4), HRS. The following is a list of additional exemptions which the procurement policy board has also determined to be exempt from chapter 103D, HRS:
Exemption
Number Exemption
1. Research, reference, and educational materials including books, maps, periodicals, and pamphlets, which are published or available in print, video, audio, magnetic, or electronic form, including web-based databases;
2. Services of printers, rating agencies, support facility providers, fiscal and paying agents, and registrars for the issuance and sale of the State's or counties' bonds;
3. Services of lecturers, speakers, trainers, and scriptwriters;
4. Services of legal counsel, guardian ad litem, psychiatrists, and psychologists, when required by court order, or by the Rules of Court in the case of interpreters, in criminal and civil proceedings;
[5. Fresh
meats and produce;]
[6.] 5. Insurance to include insurance broker
services;
[7. Animals and plants;]
[8.] 6. New
or used items which are advantageous and available on short notice through an
auction, bankruptcy, foreclosure, etc.;
[9. Food and fodder for animals;]
[10] 7. Facility
costs for conferences, meetings, and training sessions;
[11] 8. Advertisements
in specialized publications, such as in ethnic or foreign language
publications, trade publications, professional publications;
[12] 9. Professional
consultant services as required under Chapter 658, HRS;
[13] 10. Interpreter
services;
[14] 11. Procurement
of repair services when dismantling is required to assess the extent of
repairs;
[15] 12. Burial
services consisting of mortuary, crematory, cemetery, and other essential
services for deceased indigent persons or unclaimed corpses; and
[16] 13. Radio
and television airtime when selection of station is to be made by current
audience demographics."
SECTION 6. After the effective date of this Act, any provision of section 103D-102, Hawaii Revised Statutes, may be amended through rulemaking under chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, including any provision modified by this Act.
SECTION 7. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun, before its effective date.
SECTION 8. Statutory and administrative rule material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory and administrative rule material is underscored.
SECTION 9. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2009.
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