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BILL NUMBER:S5496
Title of bill
An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to request for proposals and the addition of qualifications by municipalities
Purpose
To provide municipalities with the ability to require contract terms on municipal contracts
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends section 103 of the general municipal law to add a new paragraph 17 to allow municipalities to adopt a local law so that requests for proposals contain qualifications for bidders.
Justification
Currently, § 103 of the NY State General Municipal Law prevents municipalities across the state from including qualifications in municipal contracts that must ultimately serve these areas. This keeps a municipality from meeting its sustainability, social responsibility or other preferences as reflected in local laws or ordinances when using their funds to retain a contractor.
Municipalities should be able to consider local community issues, local preference, worker rights, and simply responsible budgeting, in qualifications on RFPs for their own municipal contracts. This legislation grants localities across the State the ability to include qualifications in RFPs for contract bids.
Legislative history
This is a new bill.
Fiscal implications
None to the state.
Effective date
This legislation shall take effect immediately.
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