STATE OF NEW YORK
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6801
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 31, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to developing a protocol
for the most efficient way to purchase goods for the state university
system
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding two
2 new subdivisions 5-a and 5-b to read as follows:
3 5-a. a. The chancellor of the state university and the commissioner of
4 the office of general services shall develop a protocol to determine
5 whether it is more economical and efficient to purchase goods for the
6 state university system through the centralized contracts of the office
7 of general services than through a competitive bidding process.
8 b. The protocol shall include a process in which the chancellor shall
9 obtain information annually from each state-operated institution and
10 university health sciences center under the jurisdiction of the state
11 university, in such detail as required by the chancellor, relating to
12 the type and total amount of goods, including technology purchases for
13 new software, systems, enhancements and equipment, that each state-oper-
14 ated institution or university health sciences center proposes to
15 purchase in the upcoming fiscal year.
16 c. Upon receipt of the information obtained pursuant to paragraph b of
17 this subdivision, the chancellor, pursuant to the protocol and if justi-
18 fied by price and value, may require the state-operated institution or
19 university health sciences center to make its purchases through the use
20 of the centralized contracts of the office of general services.
21 5-b. a. The state university shall provide by October fifteenth of
22 each year to the director of the division of budget, the state comp-
23 troller, the speaker of the assembly, the temporary president of the
24 senate and the chairs of the assembly and senate higher education
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 committees a report which sets forth with respect to its contracting
2 process the following information for the prior fiscal year:
3 (1) the state university's procurement guidelines;
4 (2) selection method, including "lowest price", "best value", sole
5 source, single source, negotiated and emergency procurement subtotaled
6 by state-operated institutions and university health sciences centers
7 and by type of goods or commodity;
8 (3) number of contracts awarded by number of bids and/or proposals and
9 source selection method;
10 (4) a listing of contracts by individual state-operated institution
11 and university health sciences center, including vendor name, approval
12 dates, dollar value of such contracts, including the total amount of
13 goods purchased through the centralized contracts of the office of
14 general services;
15 (5) a listing of the total number and amount of contracts awarded for
16 the prior fiscal year and total year-to-date expenditures for all
17 contracts, with subtotals by central administration, and by individual
18 state-operated institution and university health sciences center; and
19 major contract category including, but not limited to, goods, equipment
20 and commodities;
21 (6) the total number and total dollar value of single source contracts
22 awarded during the fiscal year, and the percentage that such contracts
23 represent of the state university's total number and total dollar value
24 of contract awards during the reporting period; and
25 (7) the number of contracts disapproved during the fiscal year and
26 reasons for disapproval.
27 b. The report shall also set forth any recommendations to improve the
28 efficiency of the state university's procurement process.
29 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
