Requires consideration as a quantitative factor whether the commodities or services were manufactured or will be performed by a labor union with respect to the awarding of certain procurement contracts.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 16, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, BURKE, RAMOS, REYES, LEVENBERG --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring consid-
eration of union made commodities and services in the awarding of
certain procurement contracts
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph j of subdivision 1 of section 163 of the state
2 finance law, as amended by section 28 of part PP of chapter 56 of the
3 laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
4 j. "Best value" means the basis for awarding contracts for services to
5 the offerer which optimizes quality, cost and efficiency, among respon-
6 sive and responsible offerers. Such basis shall reflect, wherever possi-
7 ble, objective and quantifiable analysis. Such basis may also identify a
8 quantitative factor for offerers that are small businesses, certified
9 minority- or women-owned business enterprises as defined in subdivisions
10 one, seven, fifteen and twenty of section three hundred ten of the exec-
11 utive law or service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises as
12 defined in subdivision one of section forty of the veterans' services
13 law to be used in evaluation of offers for awarding of contracts for
14 services. Such basis shall also identify as a quantitative factor
15 whether the commodities or services offered were manufactured by or will
16 be performed by members of a labor organization as defined in section
17 two hundred ninety-two of the executive law.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
19 have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to paragraph j
20 of subdivision 1 of section 163 of the state finance law made by section
21 one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be
22 deemed to be repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04339-01-5
