STAND. COM. REP. NO.  743

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 573

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 573, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to enhance fairness in the procurement process by prohibiting bid shopping and bid peddling for the competitive sealed bid process.

 

     Ironworkers Stabilization Fund, BIA-Hawaii, and Hawaii Laborers-Employers Cooperation Education Trust supported this measure.  Plumbing and Mechanical Contractors Association of Hawaii opposed this measure.  The Department of Accounting and General Services, State Procurement Office, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Contractors License Board, General Contractors Association of Hawaii, and Subcontractors Association of Hawaii provided comments.   

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 573, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair