Bill Text: PA HB2625 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Further providing for sole source procurement and for emergency procurement.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-30 - Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT [HB2625 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB2625-Introduced.html

  

 

    

PRINTER'S NO.  4042

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

2625

Session of

2010

  

  

INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE, BELFANTI, BRENNAN, BRIGGS, D. COSTA, DeLUCA, GODSHALL, KOTIK, LEVDANSKY, OBERLANDER, M. O'BRIEN, PAYTON, PYLE, SAINATO, SIPTROTH, VULAKOVICH, DEASY AND YOUNGBLOOD, JUNE 30, 2010

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 30, 2010  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 62 (Procurement) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes, further providing for sole source procurement and

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for emergency procurement.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Sections 515 and 516 of Title 62 of the

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Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:

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§ 515.  Sole source procurement.

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[A] (a)  Requirements.--Subject to subsection (b) of this

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section, a contract may be awarded for a supply, service or

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construction item without competition if the contracting officer

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first determines in writing that one of the following conditions

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exists:

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(1)  Only a single contractor is capable of providing the

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supply, service or construction.

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(2)  A Federal or State statute or Federal regulation

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exempts the supply, service or construction from the

 


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competitive procedure.

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(3)  The total cost of the supply, service or

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construction is less than the amount established by the

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department for small, no-bid procurements under section 514

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(relating to small procurements).

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(4)  It is clearly not feasible to award the contract for

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supplies or services on a competitive basis.

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(5)  The services are to be provided by attorneys or

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litigation consultants selected by the Office of General

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Counsel, the Office of Attorney General, the Department of

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the Auditor General or the Treasury Department.

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(6)  The services are to be provided by expert witnesses.

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(7)  The services involve the repair, modification or

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calibration of equipment and they are to be performed by the

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manufacturer of the equipment or by the manufacturer's

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authorized dealer, provided the contracting officer

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determines that bidding is not appropriate under the

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circumstances.

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(8)  The contract is for investment advisors or managers

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selected by the Public School Employees' Retirement System,

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the State Employees' Retirement System or a State-affiliated

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entity.

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(9)  The contract is for financial or investment experts

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to be used and selected by the Treasury Department or

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financial or investment experts selected by the Secretary of

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the Budget.

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(10)  The contract for supplies or services is in the

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best interest of the Commonwealth.

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The written determination authorizing sole source procurement

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shall be included in the contract file. With the exception of

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small procurements under section 514 and emergency procurements

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under section 516 (relating to emergency procurement), if the

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sole source procurement is for a supply, except for computer

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software updates under $50,000, for which the department acts as

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purchasing agency, it must be approved by the Board of

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Commissioners of Public Grounds and Buildings prior to the award

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of a contract.

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(b)  Persons who may approve sole source procurements.--The

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approval of at least two of the following three persons is

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required for the approval of all sole source procurements:

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(1)  the State Treasurer;

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(2)  the President pro tempore of the Senate; or

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(3)  the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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(c)  Record of approval.--All approvals from those persons

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listed in subsection (b) shall be included in the contract file.

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§ 516.  Emergency procurement.

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[The] (a)  Requirements.--If an emergency procurement is

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approved by at least two of the three persons listed in

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subsection (b), the head of a purchasing agency may make or

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authorize others to make an emergency procurement when there

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exists a threat to public health, welfare or safety or

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circumstances outside the control of the agency create an

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urgency of need which does not permit the delay involved in

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using more formal competitive methods. Whenever practical, in

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the case of a procurement of a supply, at least two bids shall

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be solicited. A written determination of the basis for the

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emergency and for the selection of the particular contractor

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shall be included in the contract file.

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(b)  Persons who may approve emergency procurements.--The

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approval of at least two of the following three persons is

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required for the approval of all emergency procurements:

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(1)  the State Treasurer;

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(2)  the President pro tempore of the Senate; or

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(3)  the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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(c)  Record of approval.--All approvals from those persons

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listed in subsection (b) shall be included in the contract file.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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