STAND. COM. REP. NO.693

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 937

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 937 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to allow government agencies to use nongovernmental employee reviewers in reviewing the procurement of design professional services.

The American Institute of Architects, American Public Works Association, Pacific Geotechnical Engineers, Inc., and SSFM International, Inc., submitted testimony in support of this bill. The State Procurement Office submitted testimony in support of the intent of this bill. The Department of Transportation and the Department of Accounting and General Services submitted testimony in opposition to this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Deleting the reference to design professional services;

(2) Allowing the selection committee to determine the order of importance of the selection criteria;

(3) Adding accuracy and timeliness to the selection criteria;

(4) Requiring only contracts equal to or above $25,000 in value to be posted electronically; and

(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style, clarity, and consistency.

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. 937, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 937, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair