Bill Text: NY A04810 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4810
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 11, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Labor
       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,
   22  FINGER  LAKES,  WESTERN  NEW  YORK,  SOUTHERN  TIER, NORTH COUNTRY, LONG
   23  ISLAND OR NEW YORK CITY;
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1    B.  IDENTIFICATION OF TRADES RELEVANT FOR THE SPECIFIC SCOPE  OF  WORK
    2  TO BE PERFORMED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
    3    (I) BASIC TRADES, INCLUDING CARPENTERS, LABORERS AND BRICKLAYERS,
    4    (II) PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING,
    5    (III) STEAM HEATING, HOT WATER HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIR CONDITION-
    6  ING APPARATUS,
    7    (IV) ELECTRIC WIRING AND STANDARD ILLUMINATING FIXTURES,
    8    (V) ROOFING,
    9    (VI) WELDING,
   10    (VII) IRONWORK,
   11    (VIII) CONCRETE FINISHING, OR
   12    (IX) PAINTING AND PLASTERING; AND
   13    C.  A  DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE BASE
   14  CONTRACT, A LIST OF THE TASKS NECESSARY  TO  COMPLETE  THE  WORK  TO  BE
   15  PERFORMED  UNDER  THE BASE CONTRACT AND THE TRADE CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE
   16  WORKERS, MECHANICS AND LABORERS WHO WILL  PERFORM  EACH  OF  THE  LISTED
   17  TASKS IN THE BASE CONTRACT.
   18    3.  THE  DEFINED SCOPE OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE BASE CONTRACT
   19  MUST NOT BE OVERLY BROAD SO AS TO PREVENT THE CONTRACTOR FROM MAKING  AN
   20  INFORMED  BID DURING THE COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS. THE CONTRACTING ENTITY
   21  MUST LIMIT THE WORK TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE  BASE  CONTRACT  TO  THOSE
   22  PRE-ESTABLISHED  TASKS  AND  PRICES  REFERRED TO IN THE GENERAL CONTRACT
   23  CONDITIONS.
   24    4. BEFORE SOLICITING BIDS FOR THE BASE CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTING ENTI-
   25  TY SHALL FILE ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF  PARAGRAPH
   26  A  OF SUBDIVISION THREE-A OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE LABOR LAW
   27  WITH THE FISCAL OFFICER. THE CONTRACTING ENTITY MAY NOT SOLICIT BIDS FOR
   28  THE CONTRACT UNTIL ALL REQUIREMENTS OF SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF  PARAGRAPH  A
   29  OF  SUBDIVISION  THREE-A  OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE LABOR LAW
   30  HAVE BEEN SATISFIED.
   31    5. THE COST OF A JOB ORDER CONTRACT MAY NOT EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED  THOU-
   32  SAND  DOLLARS.  SUCH  CONTRACT IS LIMITED TO ONE YEAR AND MAY BE RENEWED
   33  FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWELVE MONTHS TWICE SO LONG AS THE FIVE HUNDRED  THOU-
   34  SAND  DOLLAR  THRESHOLD  HAS  NOT  BEEN  REACHED. IT IS IMPERMISSIBLE TO
   35  SUBDIVIDE A CONTRACT INTO  SEPARATE  CONTRACTS  IN  ORDER  TO  MEET  THE
   36  REQUIREMENTS  OF THIS SUBDIVISION.  THE RESTRICTIONS IN THIS SUBDIVISION
   37  SHALL NOT APPLY WHERE THE PUBLIC OWNER REQUIRES A PROJECT  LABOR  AGREE-
   38  MENT CONSISTENT WITH PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF THE
   39  LABOR LAW.
   40    6.  THE  JOB  ORDER CONTRACT AND ALL SUBCONTRACTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH
   41  JOB ORDER CONTRACT MUST EXPRESSLY STATE THAT ALL  WORK  PERFORMED  UNDER
   42  SUCH  CONTRACTS  IS  PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE LABOR
   43  LAW.
   44    7. THESE REQUIREMENTS APPLY TO ALL JOB ORDER  CONTRACTS  ISSUED  BY  A
   45  STATE  AGENCY,  AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION TWO-A OF THIS
   46  CHAPTER, A COVERED AUTHORITY, AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION SIX  OF  SECTION
   47  TWO-A  OF THIS CHAPTER, THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, ESTABLISHED
   48  UNDER TITLE ONE OF ARTICLE THIRTEEN OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW,  AND  THE
   49  NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY, ESTABLISHED UNDER TITLE SIX
   50  OF  ARTICLE  EIGHT OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW. ALL SUCH ENTITIES MUST
   51  LIMIT ASSIGNMENT UNDER CONTRACTS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION  TO  A
   52  MINORITY PORTION OF ITS ANNUAL CAPITAL BUDGET, IF SUCH BUDGET EXISTS.
   53    8. IF AN ENTITY DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS SECTION SEEKS A
   54  THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT TO ASSIST, IN ANY MANNER, WITH THE BIDDING AND/OR
   55  IMPLEMENTATION OF A JOB ORDER CONTRACT, SUCH THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT MUST
   56  BE SELECTED PURSUANT TO A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS.
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    1    S  3.  The  general  municipal  law is amended by adding a new section
    2  103-h to read as follows:
    3    S  103-H. JOB ORDER CONTRACTS. 1. "JOB ORDER CONTRACT", SHALL HAVE THE
    4  SAME MEANING AS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH M OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF  SECTION
    5  TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE LABOR LAW.
    6    2.  THE  JOB  ORDER  CONTRACT MUST HAVE A DEFINED SCOPE OF WORK, WHICH
    7  INCLUDES:
    8    A. A LIMITATION TO ONE OF THE GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS COMMONLY REFERRED  TO
    9  AS THE CAPITAL DISTRICT, MOHAWK VALLEY, HUDSON VALLEY, CENTRAL NEW YORK,
   10  FINGER  LAKES,  WESTERN  NEW  YORK,  SOUTHERN  TIER, NORTH COUNTRY, LONG
   11  ISLAND OR NEW YORK CITY;
   12    B.  IDENTIFICATION OF TRADES RELEVANT FOR THE SPECIFIC SCOPE  OF  WORK
   13  TO BE PERFORMED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   14    (I) BASIC TRADES, INCLUDING CARPENTERS, LABORERS AND BRICKLAYERS,
   15    (II) PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING,
   16    (III) STEAM HEATING, HOT WATER HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIR CONDITION-
   17  ING APPARATUS,
   18    (IV) ELECTRIC WIRING AND STANDARD ILLUMINATING FIXTURES,
   19    (V) ROOFING,
   20    (VI) WELDING,
   21    (VII) IRONWORK,
   22    (VIII) CONCRETE FINISHING, OR
   23    (IX) PAINTING AND PLASTERING; AND
   24    C.  A  DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE BASE
   25  CONTRACT, A LIST OF THE TASKS NECESSARY  TO  COMPLETE  THE  WORK  TO  BE
   26  PERFORMED  UNDER  THE BASE CONTRACT AND THE TRADE CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE
   27  WORKERS, MECHANICS AND LABORERS WHO WILL  PERFORM  EACH  OF  THE  LISTED
   28  TASKS IN THE BASE CONTRACT.
   29    3.  THE  DEFINED SCOPE OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE BASE CONTRACT
   30  MUST NOT BE OVERLY BROAD SO AS TO PREVENT THE CONTRACTOR FROM MAKING  AN
   31  INFORMED  BID DURING THE COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS. THE CONTRACTING ENTITY
   32  MUST LIMIT THE WORK TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE  BASE  CONTRACT  TO  THOSE
   33  PRE-ESTABLISHED  TASKS  AND  PRICES  REFERRED TO IN THE GENERAL CONTRACT
   34  CONDITIONS.
   35    4. BEFORE SOLICITING BIDS FOR THE BASE CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTING ENTI-
   36  TY SHALL FILE ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF  PARAGRAPH
   37  A  OF SUBDIVISION THREE-A OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE LABOR LAW
   38  WITH THE FISCAL OFFICER. THE CONTRACTING ENTITY MAY NOT SOLICIT BIDS FOR
   39  THE BASE CONTRACT UNTIL ALL REQUIREMENTS OF SUBPARAGRAPH  (I)  OF  PARA-
   40  GRAPH  A  OF  SUBDIVISION  THREE-A  OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE
   41  LABOR LAW HAVE BEEN SATISFIED.
   42    5. THE COST OF A JOB ORDER CONTRACT MAY NOT EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED  THOU-
   43  SAND  DOLLARS.  SUCH  CONTRACT IS LIMITED TO ONE YEAR AND MAY BE RENEWED
   44  FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWELVE MONTHS TWICE SO LONG AS THE FIVE HUNDRED  THOU-
   45  SAND  DOLLAR  THRESHOLD  HAS  NOT  BEEN  REACHED. IT IS IMPERMISSIBLE TO
   46  SUBDIVIDE A CONTRACT INTO  SEPARATE  CONTRACTS  IN  ORDER  TO  MEET  THE
   47  REQUIREMENTS  OF THIS SUBDIVISION.  THE RESTRICTIONS IN THIS SUBDIVISION
   48  SHALL NOT APPLY WHERE THE PUBLIC OWNER REQUIRES A PROJECT  LABOR  AGREE-
   49  MENT CONSISTENT WITH PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF THE
   50  LABOR LAW.
   51    6.  THE  JOB  ORDER CONTRACT AND ALL SUBCONTRACTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH
   52  JOB ORDER CONTRACT MUST EXPRESSLY STATE THAT ALL  WORK  PERFORMED  UNDER
   53  SUCH  CONTRACTS  IS  PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE LABOR
   54  LAW.
   55    7. THESE REQUIREMENTS APPLY TO ALL POLITICAL  SUBDIVISIONS.  ALL  SUCH
   56  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISIONS  MUST  LIMIT  ASSIGNMENTS UNDER CONTRACTS ISSUED
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    1  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION TO A MINORITY PORTION  OF  ITS  ANNUAL  CAPITAL
    2  BUDGET, IF SUCH BUDGET EXISTS.
    3    8.  IF  A  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  SEEKS  A  THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT TO
    4  ASSIST, IN ANY MANNER, WITH THE BIDDING AND/OR IMPLEMENTATION OF  A  JOB
    5  ORDER CONTRACT, SUCH THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT MUST BE SELECTED PURSUANT TO
    6  A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS.
    7    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all job
    8  order contracts solicited or renewed on or after such effective date.