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SB 246: Procurement of Professional Architectural, Engineering, Landscape Architectural, or Surveying and Mapping Services

GENERAL BILL by Bennett

Procurement of Professional Architectural, Engineering, Landscape Architectural, or Surveying and Mapping Services; Revising the definition of “continuing contract” and defining “best value selection”; clarifying provisions with respect to selection of firms by an agency under the competitive selection process; providing that an agency has the right to reject any or all submissions received in response to a public announcement under the competitive selection process; authorizing an agency to award contracts to multiple firms under the competitive negotiation process; providing for a best value selection process; requiring agencies to adopt rules governing the use of the process; providing minimum requirements with respect to best value selection procedures, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
Last Action: 1/26/2012 Senate - Unfavorable by Regulated Industries, laid on Table; YEAS 3 NAYS 7 -SJ 280
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Regulated Industries (RI)
  2. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  3. Budget (BC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    9/14/2011 Senate • Filed
    9/21/2011 Senate • Referred to Regulated Industries; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Budget -SJ 26
    1/10/2012 Senate • Introduced -SJ 26
    1/23/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 01/26/12, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
    1/26/2012 Senate • Unfavorable by Regulated Industries, laid on Table; YEAS 3 NAYS 7 -SJ 280

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  • SB 246, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 9/14/2011 at 9:53 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Regulated Industries (Pre-Meeting) 1/24/2012 (pdf)
    Regulated Industries (Post-Meeting) 1/27/2012 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 155 Procurement of Professional Architectural, Engineering, Landscape Architectural, or Surveying and Mapping Services Costello Similar Last Action: 3/9/2012 H Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
    Location: In committee/council (GVOPS)     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    168060 - Amendment
    Delete lines 70 - 71.     		Regulated Industries
    (Rich)     		1/26/2012
    3:22 PM
    (Late Filed)     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    1/27/2012     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    1/26/2012 1:30 PM Regulated Industries 3 Yeas - 7 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    287.055 Acquisition of professional architectural, engineering, landscape architectural, or surveying and mapping services; definitions; procedures; contingent fees prohibited; penalties. Page 1 (pdf)

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