Bill Text: IA SF2302 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to bidding for purchases through a competitive bidding process by the state or political subdivisions. (Formerly SF 2215.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-14 - Subcommittee, Brandenburg, Hanusa, and Hunter. H.J. 569. [SF2302 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-SF2302-Amended.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
ECONOMIC
GROWTH/REBUILD
IOWA
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
2215)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
March
13,
2012
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
bidding
for
purchases
through
a
competitive
1
bidding
process
by
the
state
or
political
subdivisions.
2
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.
a.
If
the
lowest
responsive
bid
3
received
by
the
state
or
a
political
subdivision
for
products
4
or
other
purchases
is
from
an
out-of-state
business
and
totals
5
less
than
five
hundred
thousand
dollars,
and
an
Iowa-based
6
business
submitted
a
bid
which
is
within
five
percent
or
ten
7
thousand
dollars
of
the
price
of
the
lowest
bid,
whichever
8
is
less,
the
Iowa-based
business
which
submitted
the
lowest
9
responsive
bid
shall
be
notified
and
shall
be
allowed
to
match
10
the
lowest
bid
before
a
contract
is
awarded.
11
b.
This
subsection
does
not
apply
to
a
request
for
bids
or
12
proposals
for
products
or
other
purchases
associated
with
the
13
following:
14
(1)
Road
or
bridge
construction
or
repair.
15
(2)
Architectural
or
engineering
services.
16
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
12B.
a.
A
response
to
a
request
for
17
bids
or
proposals
for
products
or
other
purchases
by
the
18
state
or
a
political
subdivision
which
totals
less
than
five
19
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
value
shall
contain
the
following
20
information:
21
(1)
The
percentage
of
the
ownership
of
the
submitting
22
business
which
is
held
by
Iowa
residents.
23
(2)
The
percentage
of
the
employees
who
will
be
carrying
out
24
work
in
connection
with
the
contract
who
are
Iowa
residents.
25
For
the
purposes
of
this
paragraph,
“employee”
includes
26
part-time,
temporary,
contract,
and
substitute
employees,
and
27
includes
employees
of
any
contractors
or
subcontractors.
28
(3)
An
estimate
of
the
percentage
of
purchases
to
be
made
by
29
the
submitting
business
in
connection
with
the
contract
that
30
will
be
made
from
Iowa-based
businesses.
31
(4)
The
amount
of
property
tax
paid
by
the
submitting
32
business
during
the
most
recently
completed
fiscal
year
for
33
which
such
a
figure
is
available.
34
b.
This
subsection
does
not
apply
to
a
request
for
bids
or
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proposals
for
products
or
other
purchases
associated
with
the
1
following:
2
(1)
Road
or
bridge
construction
or
repair.
3
(2)
Architectural
or
engineering
services.
4
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
12C.
Subsections
12A
and
12B
do
not
apply
5
to
procurement
of
or
for
public
improvement
projects.
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