STAND. COM. REP. NO.  391-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2060

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Development & Business, to which was referred H.B. No. 2060 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to improve oversight, openness, and transparency of the State procurement process by:

 

     (1)  Requiring all Chief Procurement Officers to assist and cooperate with any compliance review by the Administrator of the State Procurement Office; and

 

     (2)  Clarifying that the Administrator of the State Procurement Office has the authority to perform periodic compliance reviews of all governmental bodies.

 

     The State Procurement Office testified in support of this measure.

 

     Fairness, open competition, a level playing field, and government disclosure and transparency in procurement and contract processes are vital to good government.  Your Committee finds that clarifying the Hawaii Public Procurement Code to ensure consistent compliance with the State Procurement Code by all governmental bodies is a means to achieving this goal.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to February 19, 2022, to facilitate further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Business that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2060, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2060, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development & Business,

 

 

 

 

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DEREK S.K. KAWAKAMI, Chair