Bill Text: NY A04810 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to labor performed under certain public work contracts; defines "job order contract" as certain competitive bid, indefinite quantity, fixed price, multi-task contracts; provides that such contracts shall have a defined scope of work and detailed description of such work; provides that such information shall be filed with the fiscal officer before soliciting for bids; provides that the cost of a job order contract may not exceed $500,000.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2013-12-18 - tabled [A04810 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A04810-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4810--A 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 11, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE, BRONSON, STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the labor law, the state finance law and the general municipal law, in relation to labor performed under certain public work contracts THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 220 of the labor law is amended by 2 adding a new paragraph m to read as follows: 3 M. "JOB ORDER CONTRACT" SHALL MEAN A COMPETITIVE BID, INDEFINITE QUAN- 4 TITY, FIXED PRICE, MULTI-TASK CONTRACT, WHERE A BASE CONTRACT IS AWARDED 5 WITH PRE-ESTABLISHED TASKS AND PRICES, SPECIFICATIONS AND GENERAL 6 CONTRACT CONDITIONS. CONTRACTORS ARE PERMITTED TO BID BY SUBMITTING A 7 COEFFICIENT OR COEFFICIENTS FOR A JOB ORDER CONTRACT BASED ON A UNIT 8 PRICE BOOK, WHICH CONTAINS A LIST OF ALL TASKS THAT MAY BE PERFORMED AS 9 PART OF THE WORK TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE BASE CONTRACT. SUCH 10 CONTRACTS MUST BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 11 JURISDICTION AND MUST EXPRESSLY STATE THAT ALL WORK PERFORMED UNDER SUCH 12 CONTRACT IS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. 13 S 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 148 to 14 read as follows: 15 S 148. JOB ORDER CONTRACTS. 1. "JOB ORDER CONTRACT", SHALL HAVE THE 16 SAME MEANING AS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH M OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION 17 TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE LABOR LAW. 18 2. THE JOB ORDER CONTRACT MUST HAVE A DEFINED SCOPE OF WORK, WHICH 19 INCLUDES: 20 A. A LIMITATION TO ONE OF THE GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS COMMONLY REFERRED TO 21 AS THE CAPITAL DISTRICT, MOHAWK VALLEY, HUDSON VALLEY, CENTRAL NEW YORK, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08603-02-3 A. 4810--A 2 1 FINGER LAKES, WESTERN NEW YORK, SOUTHERN TIER, NORTH COUNTRY, LONG 2 ISLAND OR NEW YORK CITY; 3 B. IDENTIFICATION OF TRADES RELEVANT FOR THE SPECIFIC SCOPE OF WORK 4 TO BE PERFORMED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: 5 (I) BASIC TRADES, INCLUDING CARPENTERS, LABORERS AND BRICKLAYERS, 6 (II) PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING, 7 (III) STEAM HEATING, HOT WATER HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIR CONDITION- 8 ING APPARATUS, 9 (IV) ELECTRIC WIRING AND STANDARD ILLUMINATING FIXTURES, 10 (V) ROOFING, 11 (VI) WELDING, 12 (VII) IRONWORK, 13 (VIII) CONCRETE FINISHING, OR 14 (IX) PAINTING AND PLASTERING; AND 15 C. A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE BASE 16 CONTRACT, A LIST OF THE TASKS NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE WORK TO BE 17 PERFORMED UNDER THE BASE CONTRACT AND THE TRADE CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE 18 WORKERS, MECHANICS AND LABORERS WHO WILL PERFORM EACH OF THE LISTED 19 TASKS IN THE BASE CONTRACT. 20 3. THE DEFINED SCOPE OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE BASE CONTRACT 21 MUST NOT BE OVERLY BROAD SO AS TO PREVENT THE CONTRACTOR FROM MAKING AN 22 INFORMED BID DURING THE COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS. THE CONTRACTING ENTITY 23 MUST LIMIT THE WORK TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE BASE CONTRACT TO THOSE 24 PRE-ESTABLISHED TASKS AND PRICES REFERRED TO IN THE GENERAL CONTRACT 25 CONDITIONS. 26 4. BEFORE SOLICITING BIDS FOR THE BASE CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTING ENTI- 27 TY SHALL FILE ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF PARAGRAPH 28 A OF SUBDIVISION THREE-A OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE LABOR LAW 29 WITH THE FISCAL OFFICER. THE CONTRACTING ENTITY MAY NOT SOLICIT BIDS FOR 30 THE CONTRACT UNTIL ALL REQUIREMENTS OF SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF PARAGRAPH A 31 OF SUBDIVISION THREE-A OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE LABOR LAW 32 HAVE BEEN SATISFIED. 33 5. THE COST OF A JOB ORDER CONTRACT MAY NOT EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED THOU- 34 SAND DOLLARS. SUCH CONTRACT IS LIMITED TO ONE YEAR AND MAY BE RENEWED 35 FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWELVE MONTHS TWICE SO LONG AS THE FIVE HUNDRED THOU- 36 SAND DOLLAR THRESHOLD HAS NOT BEEN REACHED. IT IS IMPERMISSIBLE TO 37 SUBDIVIDE A CONTRACT INTO SEPARATE CONTRACTS IN ORDER TO MEET THE 38 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION. THE RESTRICTIONS IN THIS SUBDIVISION 39 SHALL NOT APPLY WHERE THE PUBLIC OWNER REQUIRES A PROJECT LABOR AGREE- 40 MENT CONSISTENT WITH PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF THE 41 LABOR LAW. 42 6. THE JOB ORDER CONTRACT AND ALL SUBCONTRACTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH 43 JOB ORDER CONTRACT MUST EXPRESSLY STATE THAT ALL WORK PERFORMED UNDER 44 SUCH CONTRACTS IS PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE LABOR 45 LAW. 46 7. THESE REQUIREMENTS APPLY TO ALL JOB ORDER CONTRACTS ISSUED BY A 47 STATE AGENCY, AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION TWO-A OF THIS 48 CHAPTER, A COVERED AUTHORITY, AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION 49 TWO-A OF THIS CHAPTER, THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, ESTABLISHED 50 UNDER TITLE ONE OF ARTICLE THIRTEEN OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW, AND THE 51 NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY, ESTABLISHED UNDER TITLE SIX 52 OF ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW. ALL SUCH ENTITIES MUST 53 LIMIT ASSIGNMENT UNDER CONTRACTS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION TO A 54 MINORITY PORTION OF ITS ANNUAL CAPITAL BUDGET, IF SUCH BUDGET EXISTS. 55 8. IF AN ENTITY DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS SECTION SEEKS A 56 THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT TO ASSIST, IN ANY MANNER, WITH THE BIDDING AND/OR A. 4810--A 3 1 IMPLEMENTATION OF A JOB ORDER CONTRACT, SUCH THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT MUST 2 BE SELECTED PURSUANT TO A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS. 3 9. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY NOR RESTRICT THE USE OF JOB ORDER 4 CONTRACTS: 5 A. IN ANY RECONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, REHABILITATION, OR MAINTENANCE 6 EFFORTS ASSOCIATED WITH DAMAGES FROM THE TWO THOUSAND TWELVE STORM, 7 COMMONLY KNOWN AS HURRICANE SANDY, OR 8 B. DURING ANY "STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY" THE RECONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, 9 REHABILITATION, OR MAINTENANCE EFFORTS RESULTING FROM A NATURAL OR MAN 10 MADE "DISASTER" AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED UNDER SUBDIVISION TWO OF 11 SECTION TWENTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW. 12 S 3. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section 13 103-h to read as follows: 14 S 103-H. JOB ORDER CONTRACTS. 1. "JOB ORDER CONTRACT", SHALL HAVE THE 15 SAME MEANING AS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH M OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION 16 TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE LABOR LAW. 17 2. THE JOB ORDER CONTRACT MUST HAVE A DEFINED SCOPE OF WORK, WHICH 18 INCLUDES: 19 A. A LIMITATION TO ONE OF THE GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS COMMONLY REFERRED TO 20 AS THE CAPITAL DISTRICT, MOHAWK VALLEY, HUDSON VALLEY, CENTRAL NEW YORK, 21 FINGER LAKES, WESTERN NEW YORK, SOUTHERN TIER, NORTH COUNTRY, LONG 22 ISLAND OR NEW YORK CITY; 23 B. IDENTIFICATION OF TRADES RELEVANT FOR THE SPECIFIC SCOPE OF WORK 24 TO BE PERFORMED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: 25 (I) BASIC TRADES, INCLUDING CARPENTERS, LABORERS AND BRICKLAYERS, 26 (II) PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING, 27 (III) STEAM HEATING, HOT WATER HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIR CONDITION- 28 ING APPARATUS, 29 (IV) ELECTRIC WIRING AND STANDARD ILLUMINATING FIXTURES, 30 (V) ROOFING, 31 (VI) WELDING, 32 (VII) IRONWORK, 33 (VIII) CONCRETE FINISHING, OR 34 (IX) PAINTING AND PLASTERING; AND 35 C. A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE BASE 36 CONTRACT, A LIST OF THE TASKS NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE WORK TO BE 37 PERFORMED UNDER THE BASE CONTRACT AND THE TRADE CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE 38 WORKERS, MECHANICS AND LABORERS WHO WILL PERFORM EACH OF THE LISTED 39 TASKS IN THE BASE CONTRACT. 40 3. THE DEFINED SCOPE OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE BASE CONTRACT 41 MUST NOT BE OVERLY BROAD SO AS TO PREVENT THE CONTRACTOR FROM MAKING AN 42 INFORMED BID DURING THE COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS. THE CONTRACTING ENTITY 43 MUST LIMIT THE WORK TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE BASE CONTRACT TO THOSE 44 PRE-ESTABLISHED TASKS AND PRICES REFERRED TO IN THE GENERAL CONTRACT 45 CONDITIONS. 46 4. BEFORE SOLICITING BIDS FOR THE BASE CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTING ENTI- 47 TY SHALL FILE ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF PARAGRAPH 48 A OF SUBDIVISION THREE-A OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE LABOR LAW 49 WITH THE FISCAL OFFICER. THE CONTRACTING ENTITY MAY NOT SOLICIT BIDS FOR 50 THE BASE CONTRACT UNTIL ALL REQUIREMENTS OF SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF PARA- 51 GRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION THREE-A OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE 52 LABOR LAW HAVE BEEN SATISFIED. 53 5. THE COST OF A JOB ORDER CONTRACT MAY NOT EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED THOU- 54 SAND DOLLARS. SUCH CONTRACT IS LIMITED TO ONE YEAR AND MAY BE RENEWED 55 FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWELVE MONTHS TWICE SO LONG AS THE FIVE HUNDRED THOU- 56 SAND DOLLAR THRESHOLD HAS NOT BEEN REACHED. IT IS IMPERMISSIBLE TO A. 4810--A 4 1 SUBDIVIDE A CONTRACT INTO SEPARATE CONTRACTS IN ORDER TO MEET THE 2 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION. THE RESTRICTIONS IN THIS SUBDIVISION 3 SHALL NOT APPLY WHERE THE PUBLIC OWNER REQUIRES A PROJECT LABOR AGREE- 4 MENT CONSISTENT WITH PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF THE 5 LABOR LAW. 6 6. THE JOB ORDER CONTRACT AND ALL SUBCONTRACTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH 7 JOB ORDER CONTRACT MUST EXPRESSLY STATE THAT ALL WORK PERFORMED UNDER 8 SUCH CONTRACTS IS PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE LABOR 9 LAW. 10 7. THESE REQUIREMENTS APPLY TO ALL POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. ALL SUCH 11 POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS MUST LIMIT ASSIGNMENTS UNDER CONTRACTS ISSUED 12 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION TO A MINORITY PORTION OF ITS ANNUAL CAPITAL 13 BUDGET, IF SUCH BUDGET EXISTS. 14 8. IF A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION SEEKS A THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT TO 15 ASSIST, IN ANY MANNER, WITH THE BIDDING AND/OR IMPLEMENTATION OF A JOB 16 ORDER CONTRACT, SUCH THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT MUST BE SELECTED PURSUANT TO 17 A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS. 18 9. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY NOR RESTRICT THE USE OF JOB ORDER 19 CONTRACTS: 20 A. IN ANY RECONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, REHABILITATION, OR MAINTENANCE 21 EFFORTS ASSOCIATED WITH DAMAGES FROM THE TWO THOUSAND TWELVE STORM, 22 COMMONLY KNOWN AS HURRICANE SANDY, OR 23 B. DURING ANY "STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY" THE RECONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, 24 REHABILITATION, OR MAINTENANCE EFFORTS RESULTING FROM A NATURAL OR MAN- 25 MADE "DISASTER" AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED UNDER SUBDIVISION TWO OF 26 SECTION TWENTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW. 27 S 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all job 28 order contracts solicited or renewed on or after such effective date.