CS/HB 789: Procurement of Professional Services
GENERAL BILL by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee ; Stone
Procurement of Professional Services; Removes requirement for agencies to encourage certain firms to submit annual statements of qualifications & performance data; clarifies provisions relating to selection of firms & authorizes rejection of submissions received in response to public announcement under competitive selection process; creates best value selection process; removes requirement that agency terminate negotiations with most qualified firm when agency is unable to negotiate satisfactory contract & undertake negotiations with second most qualified firm; authorizes DMS to adopt rules; exempts certain projects.
Effective Date: 7/1/2017
Last Action: 5/5/2017 House - Died in Government Accountability Committee
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 5/5/2017 House - Died in Government Accountability Committee
Bill Text: PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/13/2017 | House |
• Filed |
| 2/23/2017 | House |
• Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; Government Accountability Committee -HJ 90 |
| 3/7/2017 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 90 |
| 3/13/2017 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee, 03/13/17, 1:00 pm, Morris Hall --Not Considered |
| 3/24/2017 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee, 03/28/17, 3:30 pm, Morris Hall |
| 3/28/2017 | House |
• CS by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 5 -HJ 493 |
| 3/29/2017 | House |
• Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c) • CS by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 484 |
| 3/30/2017 | House |
• Now in Government Accountability Committee -HJ 519 |
| 5/5/2017 | House |
• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Government Accountability Committee |