Mississippi Senate Bill 2590 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 31-7-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If An Agency Or Governing Authority Determines That A Reverse Auction Would Not Be In The Best Interest Of The Agency Or Governing Authority, That Determination Must Be Approved By The Public Procurement Review Board For An Agency And By The Governing Body Of The Governing Authority For A Governing Authority; To Provide That An Agency Shall Submit A Detailed Explanation Of Why A Reverse Auction Would Not Be In The Best Interest Of The Agency And Present An Alternative Process To Be Approved By The Public Procurement Review Board; To Provide That A Governing Authority Shall Make Findings In Its Minutes Of Why A Reverse Auction Would Not Be In The Best Interest Of The Governing Authority; To Provide That If As To An Agency, The Public Procurement Review Board Authorizes The Purchasing Entity To Solicit Bids With A Method Other Than Reverse Auction, Or If As To A Governing Authority, The Governing Board Thereof Authorizes The Purchasing Entity To Solicit Bids With A Method Other Than Reverse Auction, Then The Purchasing Entity May Designate The Other Methods By Which Bids Will Be Received; To Provide That The Public Procurement Review Board Must Approve Any Contract That An Agency Enters Into By Alternative Process; And For Related Purposes.

Reverse auctions; authorize local governments/agencies to solicit bids by a method other than reverse auction under certain.

Sen. Josh Harkins [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2020-02-17	Senate	Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/SB/SB2590.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2590IN.htm