Bill Text: TX HB932 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the evaluation and ranking of similar offers submitted to a governmental entity for certain construction-related contracts.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-26 - Referred to Government Transparency & Operation [HB932 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB932-Introduced.html
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| By: Murphy | H.B. No. 932 | |
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| relating to the evaluation and ranking of similar offers submitted | ||
| to a governmental entity for certain construction-related | ||
| contracts. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 2269, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2269.0565 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2269.0565. EXPLANATION OF EVALUATION AND RANKING. (a) | ||
| An offeror who submits a bid, proposal, or request for | ||
| qualification under this chapter may request the governmental | ||
| entity to explain the evaluation and ranking of a submission that | ||
| was not selected and that: | ||
| (1) is ranked differently than a similar submission of | ||
| a bid, proposal, or request for qualification by the offeror to the | ||
| governmental entity during the preceding year; | ||
| (2) uses the same data that was used to develop the | ||
| previous submission; and | ||
| (3) is based on the same selection criteria that was | ||
| used to evaluate and rank the previous submission. | ||
| (b) A request made under this section must be in writing. | ||
| (c) Not later than the 30th day after the date a request is | ||
| made under this section, the governmental entity shall deliver to | ||
| the offeror a written explanation of the basis of the evaluation and | ||
| ranking of the submission, including an explanation of why the | ||
| submission was ranked differently than the previous submission. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by Section 2269.0565, | ||
| Government Code, as added by this Act, applies only to the | ||
| evaluation and ranking of a bid, proposal, or request for | ||
| qualification submitted by an offeror to a governmental entity on | ||
| or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
