Bill Text: IA SF2215 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to bidding for purchases or public improvements through a competitive bidding process by the state or political subdivisions. (See SF 2302.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-16 - Subcommittee, Mathis, Dotzler, and Whitver. S.J. 273. [SF2215 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-SF2215-Introduced.html
Senate
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Introduced
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BY
MATHIS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
bidding
for
purchases
or
public
improvements
1
through
a
competitive
bidding
process
by
the
state
or
2
political
subdivisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
8A.311,
Code
Supplement
2011,
is
amended
1
by
adding
the
following
new
subsections:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
12A.
If
the
lowest
responsive
bid
received
3
by
the
state
or
a
political
subdivision
for
products
or
other
4
purchases
is
from
an
out-of-state
business
and
totals
less
5
than
five
hundred
thousand
dollars,
and
an
Iowa-based
business
6
submitted
a
bid
which
is
within
five
percent
or
ten
thousand
7
dollars
of
the
price
of
the
lowest
bid,
whichever
is
less,
the
8
Iowa-based
business
which
submitted
the
lowest
responsive
bid
9
shall
be
notified
and
shall
be
allowed
to
match
the
lowest
bid
10
before
a
contract
is
awarded.
11
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
12B.
A
response
to
a
request
for
bids
or
12
proposals
by
the
state
or
a
political
subdivision
which
totals
13
less
than
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
value
shall
contain
14
the
following
information:
15
a.
The
percentage
of
the
ownership
of
the
submitting
16
business
which
is
held
by
Iowa
residents.
17
b.
The
percentage
of
the
employees
who
will
be
carrying
out
18
work
in
connection
with
the
contract
who
are
Iowa
residents.
19
For
the
purposes
of
this
paragraph,
“employee”
includes
20
part-time,
temporary,
contract,
and
substitute
employees,
and
21
includes
employees
of
any
contractors
or
subcontractors.
22
c.
An
estimate
of
the
percentage
of
purchases
to
be
made
by
23
the
submitting
business
in
connection
with
the
contract
that
24
will
be
made
from
Iowa-based
businesses.
25
d.
The
amount
of
tax
paid
by
the
submitting
business
under
26
chapter
422,
division
II,
III,
or
V,
on
the
last
tax
return
27
filed
by
the
submitting
business
and
the
amount
of
property
28
tax
paid
by
the
submitting
business
during
the
most
recently
29
completed
fiscal
year
for
which
such
a
figure
is
available.
30
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
73.7
Matching
by
Iowa
bidders.
31
1.
Notwithstanding
this
chapter,
chapter
26,
chapter
32
73A,
chapter
309,
chapter
310,
chapter
331,
or
chapter
384,
33
if
the
lowest
responsive
bid
received
for
a
contract
for
a
34
public
improvement
or
works
is
from
an
out-of-state
business
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and
totals
less
than
five
hundred
thousand
dollars,
and
an
1
Iowa-based
business
submitted
a
bid
which
is
within
five
2
percent
or
ten
thousand
dollars
of
the
price
of
the
lowest
bid,
3
whichever
is
less,
the
Iowa-based
business
which
submitted
the
4
lowest
responsive
bid
shall
be
notified
and
shall
be
allowed
to
5
match
the
lowest
bid
before
a
contract
is
awarded.
6
2.
This
section
applies
to
the
state,
its
agencies,
and
any
7
political
subdivisions
of
the
state.
8
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
73.8
Responses
to
requests
for
bids
or
9
proposals
——
in-state
information.
10
A
response
to
a
request
for
bids
or
proposals
by
the
state,
11
its
agencies,
or
any
political
subdivision
which
totals
less
12
than
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
value
shall
contain
the
13
following
information:
14
1.
The
percentage
of
the
ownership
of
the
submitting
15
business
which
is
held
by
Iowa
residents.
16
2.
The
percentage
of
the
employees
who
will
be
carrying
out
17
work
in
connection
with
the
contract
who
are
Iowa
residents.
18
For
the
purposes
of
this
subsection,
“employee”
includes
19
part-time,
temporary,
contract,
and
substitute
employees,
and
20
includes
employees
of
any
contractors
or
subcontractors.
21
3.
An
estimate
of
the
percentage
of
purchases
to
be
made
by
22
the
submitting
business
in
connection
with
the
contract
that
23
will
be
made
from
Iowa-based
businesses.
24
4.
The
amount
of
tax
paid
by
the
submitting
business
under
25
chapter
422,
division
II,
III,
or
V,
on
the
last
tax
return
26
filed
by
the
submitting
business
and
the
amount
of
property
27
tax
paid
by
the
submitting
business
during
the
most
recently
28
completed
fiscal
year
for
which
such
a
figure
is
available.
29
EXPLANATION
30
This
bill
provides
that
for
purchases
and
public
improvement
31
contracts
initiated
by
the
state
or
a
political
subdivision
32
through
a
competitive
bidding
process,
if
the
lowest
responsive
33
bid
received
is
from
an
out-of-state
business
and
totals
less
34
than
$500,000,
and
an
in-state
business
submitted
a
bid
which
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is
within
5
percent
or
$10,000
of
the
price
of
the
lowest
1
responsive
bid,
whichever
is
less,
the
state
or
political
2
subdivision
shall
notify
the
in-state
business
which
submitted
3
the
lowest
responsive
bid
and
allow
it
to
match
the
lowest
4
responsive
bid
from
the
out-of-state
business
before
a
contract
5
is
awarded.
6
The
bill
also
provides
that
a
response
to
a
request
for
bid
7
or
proposal
by
the
state
or
a
political
subdivision
which
is
8
less
than
$500,000
in
value
must
contain
certain
information.
9
The
required
information
is
the
percentage
of
the
ownership
10
of
the
submitting
business
which
is
held
by
Iowa
residents;
11
the
percentage
of
employees
who
will
be
carrying
out
work
12
in
connection
with
the
contract
who
are
Iowa
residents;
an
13
estimate
of
the
percentage
of
purchases
to
be
made
by
the
14
submitting
business
in
connection
with
the
contract
that
15
will
be
made
from
Iowa-based
businesses;
and
the
amount
of
16
tax
paid
by
the
submitting
business
under
Code
chapter
422,
17
division
II,
III,
or
V,
on
the
last
tax
return
filed
by
the
18
submitting
business
and
the
amount
of
property
tax
paid
by
the
19
submitting
business
during
the
most
recently
completed
fiscal
20
year
for
which
such
a
figure
is
available.
For
the
purposes
of
21
determining
how
many
employees
carrying
out
work
in
connection
22
with
the
contract
will
be
Iowa
residents,
“employee”
includes
23
part-time,
temporary,
contract,
and
substitute
employees,
and
24
includes
employees
of
any
contractors
or
subcontractors.
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