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BILL NUMBER:S7672
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to certain school contracts
Purpose
To require contracts for the transportation of pupils, a contract for mobile instruction units, or contracts for the provision, maintenance, and operation of cafeteria or restaurant service by a private food service management company to be awarded based on best value.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Section 1 amends paragraph e of subdivision 14 of section 305 of the education law, as amended by chapter 464 of the laws of 1997, by requiring contracts for the for the provision, maintenance and operation of cafeteria or restaurant by a food service management company, as well as contracts for the transportation of pupils and contracts for mobile instructional units, to be awarded based on best value.
Section 2: Section 2 sets forth an immediate effective date.
Justification
Currently, in New York, contracts for the provision, maintenance, and operation of cafeteria or restaurant service by a food service management company is awarded based on a "lowest competitive bidder". This bill would eliminate the requirement that contracts for maintenance and operation of cafeteria or restaurant services be competitively bid. Instead, this act would allow these contracts, as well as transportation contracts, to be awarded through a request for proposals process by "best value" consistent with Chapter 2 of the Laws of 2012. For complex technical and service contracts, this would allow districts to consider other factors in awarding contracts. This might include costs, such as conversion costs, rather than solely the price bid for a product.
Legislative history
New bill
Fiscal implications
None
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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