HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.C.R. NO.

27

 

TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008

H.D. 1

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THE PROCUREMENT OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO PREPARE A REPORT EXPLAINING THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS USED TO AWARD THE HONOLULU WIKI WIKI SERVICE CONTRACT.

 

 

 


     WHEREAS, the Hawaii State Legislature is committed to ensuring that the State's procurement process and laws are followed; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Hawaii State Legislature, in light of the layoffs at Aloha Airlines and All Trans Airways (ATA), believes that the preservation of jobs and employment opportunities in Hawaii is important and that employees should be protected from losing their jobs simply because there is a change in the employer who is providing services to the state; and

 

     WHEREAS, when a state contract is awarded that replaces an existing contractor with a new contractor, existing workers who have demonstrated the ability to perform the work should be hired by the new contractor; and

 

     WHEREAS, the State recently awarded a contract to operate the Wiki Wiki Shuttle to a new contractor; and

 

     WHEREAS, previous contractors, when awarded the Wiki Wiki Shuttle contract, hired all the former contractor's employees; and

 

     WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the state, public safety, and the tourism industry that employees of the Wiki Wiki Shuttle are experienced in performing the functions of the Wiki Wiki Shuttle and related services in and around the Honolulu International Airport; and


     WHEREAS, the new contractor for the Wiki Wiki Shuttle has refused to hire a majority of the former contractor's employees, even though these employees have experience operating the Wiki Wiki Shuttle; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-fourth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2008, the Senate concurring, that the procurement officer of the State Department of Transportation's Airports Division is requested to prepare a report explaining the procurement process for the awarding of the Wiki Wiki Shuttle service contract and include in this report the reasons for the decision of the new contractor to not hire the employees of the  former contractor and the steps, if any, taken by the procurement officer to protect the jobs of these employees; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is urged to consider rebidding the Wiki Wiki Shuttle service contract and inserting a provision into the contract that requires the hiring of the employees of the previous contractor; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of the Department of Transportation.

 

 

Report Title: 

Wiki Wiki airport shuttle service.