STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3506

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2544

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2544, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the State Procurement Office, in conjunction with the Department Of Accounting and General Services, to conduct a comprehensive analysis and review of the Hawaii Public Procurement Code, particularly with regard to the awarding of construction contracts.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Building Industry Association of Hawaii.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the State Procurement Office.

 

     Your Committee finds that a comprehensive analysis and review of the Hawaii Public Procurement Code may lead to necessary procurement reforms that ensure more prudent and effective uses of state financial resources.

 

     Your Committee notes that the State Procurement Office estimates that it will cost $450,000 to fulfill the mandate required by this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Clarifying a reference to a task force established pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 92, S.D. 2, Regular Session of 2013; and

 

     (2)  Correcting a reference to Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 36—Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2544, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2544, H.D. 2, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair