| 26 | | - | Section 1. Section 4-67i of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 |
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| 27 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 2 |
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| 28 | | - | (a) Not later than January 1, 2020, and every three years thereafter, 3 |
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| 29 | | - | each state agency, as defined in section 4-212, shall submit to the 4 |
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| 30 | | - | Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for approval an 5 |
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| 31 | | - | agency procurement plan that includes, but is not limited to, a list of all 6 |
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| 32 | | - | services and programs the agency intends to contract for over the three-7 |
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| 33 | | - | year period next succeeding such report, and a planned schedule of 8 |
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| 34 | | - | procurements indicating whether such procurements shall be based on 9 |
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| 35 | | - | competitive negotiation or competitive quotations, or whether the state 10 |
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| 36 | | - | agency has determined that a sole source purchase of services is 11 |
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| 37 | | - | required and the agency intends to apply to the secretary for a waiver 12 |
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| 38 | | - | in accordance with the guidelines adopted under section 4-216. 13 |
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| 39 | | - | (b) As used in this subsection, "resident business" means a business 14 |
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| 45 | | - | whose principal place of business is located inside of this state and 15 |
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| 46 | | - | "nonresident business" means a business whose principal place of 16 |
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| 47 | | - | business is located outside of this state. Not later than December 1, 2025, 17 |
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| 48 | | - | and annually thereafter, each state agency, as defined in section 4-212, 18 |
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| 49 | | - | shall report to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management all 19 |
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| 50 | | - | contracts awarded to nonresident businesses, including for each such 20 |
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| 51 | | - | contract whether any resident businesses bid on such contract and the 21 |
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| 52 | | - | reasons why the state agency selected a nonresident business in lieu of 22 |
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| 53 | | - | a resident business, if applicable. The initial report shall include all 23 |
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| 54 | | - | contracts awarded on or after July 1, 2025, and subsequent reports shall 24 |
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| 55 | | - | include all contracts awarded since the date of the immediately 25 |
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| 56 | | - | preceding report. Not later than January 1, 2026, and annually 26 |
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| 57 | | - | thereafter, the secretary shall compile all such reports received and 27 |
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| 58 | | - | submit a summary, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, 28 |
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| 59 | | - | to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 29 |
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| 60 | | - | cognizance of matters relating to government oversight. 30 |
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| 61 | | - | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 64 | | - | Section 1 July 1, 2025 4-67i |
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| 25 | + | That the general statutes be amended to require the Secretary of the 1 |
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| 26 | + | Office of Policy and Management to (1) compile an annual report on all 2 |
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| 27 | + | state contracts awarded to out-of-state companies entered into after the 3 |
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| 28 | + | effective date of this section, including for each such contract whether 4 |
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| 29 | + | any Connecticut companies bid for the contract and the reasons why an 5 |
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| 30 | + | out-of-state company was chosen over a Connecticut company, if 6 |
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| 31 | + | applicable, and (2) submit such report annually to the joint standing 7 |
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| 32 | + | committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 8 |
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| 33 | + | relating to government oversight. 9 |
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