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Title of bill
An act to amend the New York state printing and public documents law, the state finance law, the not-for-profit corporation law, the education law, the general municipal law and chapter 741 of the laws of 1985, relating to authorizing certain charitable organizations to purchase commodities under contracts let by the state office of general services, in relation to the procurement of departmental printing; and to repeal certain provisions of the New York state printing and public documents law relating thereto
Purpose
This bill would modernize the State Printing and Public Documents Law by deleting outdated terms which are no longer applicable to state printing and by adding policies and procedures which are consistent with the Procurement Stewardship Act of 1995 (Article 11 of the State Finance Law).
Summary of provisions
Sections 1 through 4 of this bill would make the following major changes to the New York State Printing and Public Documents (PPD) Law:
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* Provide for competitive procurement of printing in the same manner and following similar processes as utilized in the competitive procurement of commodities, services and technology under the State Finance Law as reformed under the Procurement Stewardship Act of 1995.
* Permit State agencies, in addition to the Office of General Services (OGS), to bid and award printing contracts.
* Raise the limit for discretionary purchases from $10,000 to $85,000 for OGS and from $5,000 to $50,000 for all other agencies.
Sections 5 through 13 of this bill would provide for participation in State centralized contracts by municipalities, associations for the blind and disabled and other non-profit agencies.
Section 14 of this bill would provide for the effective date.
Existing law
The PPD Law was enacted in 1917 and has changed very little since then. The law does not take into account any of the technological advances in printing and communication which have occurred in the intervening 80 years. The statute, as written, carved out printing contracting as an exception to contracting in general, which is governed by the State Finance Law. As an exception, printing contracting has remained static, when other contracting methodology has been improved and modernized.
Legislative history
This is a new bill.
Statement in support
This bill sets forth changes to the PPD Law to bring procurement of printing in line with modem public procurement practices. Also revised are the General Municipal, Education and Not-for-Profit Laws, and a chapter law relating to purchases from centralized contracts by charitable organizations. These changes provide corollary authority for local governments and other authorized users of centralized contracts for commodities, services and technology to similarly procure printing.
These amendments will allow the State, acting through centralized contracts administered by OGS, and decentralized contracts of individual agencies, to conduct printing procurement using the same cost-efficient polices and procedures as are generally employed in purchasing procurement under the Procurement Stewardship Act of 1995. The bill will also allow municipalities and non-profit agencies such as associations for the blind and agencies assisting the disabled to purchase printing services from State centralized contracts. Technical revisions address changes in the organizational structure of OGS and conform with general procurement processes established under the Procurement Stewardship Act. These changes will provide cost savings to municipalities and the State due to volume discounts on large procurements.
The increase in the ceiling limits for discretionary purchases that are authorized without formal bidding procedures will also reduce printing costs by eliminating the bid procedures' overhead on relatively small printing purchases.
Budget implications
Enactment of this legislation would save the State and its local governments on printing costs through cost reductions in administrative expenses and aggregation of volume of printing.
Effective date
This act would take effect 90 days after becoming law.
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