Bill Text: NY A04685 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to requiring agencies to provide unsuccessful bidders that are certified minority- and women-owned business enterprises with a written statement of the completion of the procurement selection process and that such enterprise was not selected.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-16 - reported referred to ways and means [A04685 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A04685-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4685--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 5, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BLAKE, BARRON, BICHOTTE, COLTON, COOK, CROUCH, JAFFEE, JOYNER, MOSLEY, PEOPLES-STOKES, RODRIGUEZ, SEAWRIGHT, DICKENS, ARROYO, SAYEGH, CRUZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. THIELE, WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Operations in accord- ance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring agencies to provide unsuccessful bidders that are certified minority and women- owned business enterprises with a written statement articulating the reasons for such rejection The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 315 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 2-b to read as follows: 3 2-b. The director shall promulgate rules and regulations to require 4 all contracting agencies to promptly provide written notice to all 5 unsuccessful bidders that are certified minority-owned or women-owned 6 business enterprises advising such enterprises of the completion of a 7 procurement selection process and that such enterprise was not selected. 8 Such notice shall also (a) disclose the identity of the successful 9 bidder or bidders; (b) advise such enterprise, to the extent practica- 10 ble, of the reasons for not being selected; (c) include, to the extent 11 practicable, guidance concerning methods of improving future proposals 12 or bids by such enterprise; (d) advise such enterprise, if applicable, 13 of the opportunity to request a debriefing pursuant to section one 14 hundred sixty-three of the state finance law; and (e) inform such enter- 15 prise of the services available through the division of minority and 16 women's business development and the office of the minority and women- 17 owned business enterprise statewide advocate. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08796-02-0A. 4685--A 2 1 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 2 have become a law; provided however, that the amendments to article 15-A 3 of the executive law made by section one of this act shall not affect 4 the expiration of such article and shall be deemed to expire therewith; 5 provided, further, that the director of the division of minority and 6 women's business development shall be authorized to commence the rule- 7 making process required pursuant to section one of this act prior to the 8 effective date of this act.