Bill Text: MN SF907 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: State building efficiency, fleet management improvements, and Medicaid and tax fraud prevention and detection consulting services contracts for improvements to state-operated systems and services requirements

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-14 - Second reading [SF907 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2011-SF907-Engrossed.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to state government; requiring certain state agencies to enter
1.3into contracts to provide consulting services for improvements to certain
1.4state-operated systems and services.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. STATE BUILDING EFFICIENCY.
1.7    Subdivision 1. Request for proposals. By July 1, 2011, the commissioner
1.8of administration shall issue a request for proposals for a contract to provide
1.9recommendations for efficiencies in state building management to the commissioner. The
1.10request for proposals shall require the vendor to provide a system that will overlay existing
1.11building controls and instrumentation that influence energy consumption, including space,
1.12equipment and system performance, facility operations, and facility maintenance. The
1.13request for proposals shall require the vendor to provide a system that provides concurrent
1.14building monitoring, energy consumption optimization, space utilization, and equipment
1.15performance information.
1.16    Subd. 2. Open platform system with data analytics. The request for proposals
1.17must require the vendor to provide: (1) an open platform system with the capability to
1.18integrate and coordinate a variety of control systems, including their data, and the ability
1.19to manage all instrumented state buildings and their control systems; and (2) a system that
1.20uses data analytics to integrate corrective action notification and work order management.
1.21    Subd. 3. Proof of concept phase. The request for proposals shall require the
1.22selected vendor, at no cost to the state, to begin work on the contract by implementing
1.23its proposed system on one to three instrumented state buildings to demonstrate the
1.24savings provided by the system. The system provided by the vendor must be capable of
2.1application to all state-owned buildings. During this proof of concept phase, the vendor
2.2and the state must agree on how savings during the full implementation phase will be
2.3defined, measured, and verified, to ensure that the contract will provide the highest
2.4possible return on investment to the state.
2.5    Subd. 4. Full implementation and payment. The request for proposal must
2.6require the state to implement the system provided by the vendor in all instrumented
2.7buildings owned by the state if the state and the vendor have agreed on how savings
2.8will be defined, measured, and verified, and the work done under the requirements of
2.9subdivision 3 provides material savings to the state. After the full implementation of the
2.10system provided by the vendor, the vendor shall be paid by the state from the savings
2.11attributable to the work done by the vendor, according to the terms and performance
2.12measures negotiated in the contract.
2.13    Subd. 5. Selection of vendor. The commissioner of administration shall select a
2.14vendor from the responses to the request for proposal by September 1, 2011.
2.15    Subd. 6. Progress report. The commissioner shall provide a report describing the
2.16progress made under this section to the governor and the chairs and ranking minority
2.17members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the commissioner of
2.18administration by January 15, 2012. The report shall provide a dynamic scoring analysis
2.19of the work described in the report.

2.20    Sec. 2. FLEET MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS.
2.21    Subdivision 1. Request for proposals. By July 1, 2011, the commissioner of
2.22administration shall issue a request for proposals to improve the procurement, allocation,
2.23control, energy efficiency, maintenance, and in-service life of state vehicles. The request
2.24for proposal shall require the vendor to provide a system for:
2.25(1) a life-cycle solution for vehicle management, covering all stages from
2.26procurement through disposal of state vehicles; and
2.27(2) the integration of data analytics to provide vehicle tracking, usage, and proactive
2.28maintenance management.
2.29    Subd. 2. Proof of concept phase. The request for proposals must specify that the
2.30vendor, at no cost to the state, must implement its system in one vehicle maintenance
2.31facility on a sample group of vehicles to demonstrate the cost-savings potential of the
2.32recommendations. During this proof of concept phase, the vendor and the state must
2.33agree on how savings during the full implementation phase will be defined, measured,
2.34and verified, to ensure that the contract will provide the highest possible return on
2.35investment to the state.
3.1    Subd. 3. Full implementation and payment. The request for proposal must require
3.2the state to implement the recommendations provided by the vendor if the state and the
3.3vendor have agreed on how savings will be defined, measured, and the work done under
3.4the requirements of subdivision 2 provides material savings to the state. After the full
3.5implementation of the system provided by the vendor, the vendor shall be paid by the state
3.6from the savings attributable to the work done by the vendor, according to the terms and
3.7performance measures negotiated in the contract.
3.8    Subd. 4. Selection of vendor. The commissioner of administration shall select a
3.9vendor from the responses to the request for proposal by September 1, 2011.
3.10    Subd. 5. Progress report. The commissioner shall provide a report describing the
3.11progress made under this section to the governor and the chairs and ranking minority
3.12members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the commissioner of
3.13administration by January 15, 2012. The report shall provide a dynamic scoring analysis
3.14of the work described in the report.

3.15    Sec. 3. TAX FRAUD PREVENTION AND DETECTION.
3.16    Subdivision 1. Request for proposals. By July 1, 2011, the commissioner of
3.17revenue shall issue a request for proposals to prevent and detect tax fraud and increase
3.18delinquent tax revenue collection. The request for proposals shall require the vendor to
3.19provide data analytics capabilities, including, but not limited to, predictive modeling
3.20techniques and other forms of advanced analytics that will integrate into the current tax
3.21processing system to detect compliance issues before tax return processing is completed,
3.22and optimization algorithms that will assist the commissioner in maximizing revenues
3.23collected with current levels of compliance staff.
3.24    Subd. 2. Proof of concept phase. The selected vendor, at no cost to the state, shall
3.25implement its recommendations on a subset of data provided by the commissioner to
3.26demonstrate the cost-savings potential of the recommendations.
3.27    Subd. 3. Data confidentiality. Data provided to the vendor by the commissioner for
3.28the proof of concept phase must have personal identifiers masked or removed in order to
3.29maintain confidentiality of information.
3.30    Subd. 4. Full implementation phase. The request for proposal must require the
3.31state to implement the recommendations provided by the vendor if the work done under
3.32the requirements of subdivision 2 provides material savings to the state. After the full
3.33implementation of the system provided by the vendor, the vendor shall be paid by the state
3.34from the savings attributable to the work done by the vendor, according to the terms and
3.35performance measures negotiated in the contract.
4.1    Subd. 5. Selection of vendor. The commissioner of administration shall select a
4.2vendor from the responses to the request for proposal by September 1, 2011.
4.3    Subd. 6. Progress report. The commissioner shall provide a report describing the
4.4progress made under this section to the governor and the chairs and ranking minority
4.5members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the commissioner of revenue
4.6by January 15, 2012. The report shall provide a dynamic scoring analysis of the work
4.7described in the report.

4.8    Sec. 4. MEDICAID FRAUD PREVENTION AND DETECTION.
4.9    Subdivision 1. Request for proposals. By July 1, 2011, the commissioner of human
4.10services shall issue a request for proposals to prevent and detect Medicaid fraud and
4.11mispayment. The request for proposals shall require the vendor to provide data analytics
4.12capabilities, including, but not limited to, predictive modeling techniques and other forms
4.13of advanced analytics that will integrate into the current claim processing system to detect
4.14improper payments both before and after payments are made.
4.15    Subd. 2. Proof of concept phase. The selected vendor, at no cost to the state,
4.16shall be required to implement its recommendations on a subset of data provided by the
4.17commissioner to demonstrate the cost-savings potential of the solution.
4.18    Subd. 3. Data confidentiality. Data provided by the commissioner to the vendor
4.19under this section must have personal identifiers masked or removed in order to maintain
4.20confidentiality of information.
4.21    Subd. 4. Full implementation phase. The request for proposal must require the
4.22commissioner to implement the recommendations provided by the vendor if the work done
4.23under the requirements of subdivision 2 provides material savings to the state. After the
4.24full implementation of the system provided by the vendor, the vendor shall be paid by
4.25the state from the savings attributable to the work done by the vendor, according to the
4.26terms and performance measures negotiated in the contract.
4.27    Subd. 5. Selection of vendor. The commissioner of human services shall select a
4.28vendor from the responses to the request for proposal by September 1, 2011.
4.29    Subd. 6. Progress report. The commissioner shall provide a report describing the
4.30progress made under this section to the governor and the chairs and ranking minority
4.31members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the Department of Human
4.32Services by January 15, 2012. The report shall provide a dynamic scoring analysis of
4.33the work described in the report.
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