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- Referred to consumer protection
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Relates to the submission of electronic bids in the awarding of certain contracts in certain municipalities
In Assembly Committee · Rules · Sponsor George Latimer
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BILL NUMBER:S7511
Title of bill
An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to letting of certain contracts
Purpose
The purpose of this legislation is authorize a pilot program for the Village of Port Chester and the City of New Rochelle to jointly conduct bidding for commodity, service and technology contracts electronically, and to conduct a limited number of reverse auctions for such municipal contracts.
Summary of provisions
This bill would authorize the Village of Port Chester and City of New Rochelle to jointly conduct cooperative electronic bidding for commodity, service and technology contracts and reverse auctions for such contracts. No more than 50 contracts would be authorized for electronic bidding and no more than 20 electronic reverse auctions would be authorized between June 1, 2012 and March 31, 2016.
Within thirty days of conducting the last auction the Chief Financial officers of Port Chester and New Rochelle would be required to submit a report to the respective legislatures assessing the use of electronic submissions and recommendations regarding the use of the procurement method.
Justification
Municipalities are seeking ways to increase efficiency and reduce costs. One simple method of furthering achieving this end would be to allow municipalities to only accept bids electronically. While municipalities may currently receive electronic bids the submission of bids in electronic format cannot be required as the sole method for the submission of bids, and paper bids must still be accepted.
The purpose of this legislation is to authorize a pilot program for the village of Port Chester and City of New Rochelle to conduct a limited number of electronic bids for commodity, service and technology contracts. The program would require a report and recommendations regarding the pilot program to determine if savings could be realized by conducting electronic bidding. Port Chester and New Rochelle would be authorized to jointly conduct a limited number of electronic bids for commodity, service and technology contracts. The total number of electronic bids would be limited to 50 electronic bids and 20 reverse auctions through electronic means.
This pilot program mirrors a pilot program authorized in the 2012-2013 state budget authorizing the Office of General Services to conduct a pilot program for electronic bidding only for certain state contracts. Under the proposed pilot program all existing minimum requirements for competitive bidding remain the same (e.g., advertising in the official newspaper, public opening of bids, etc.). In addition, any method used to receive electronic bids must also comply with article 3 of the State Technology Law (the "Electronic Signatures and Records Act") and related regulations.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None to State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately upon becoming law.
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