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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7244
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 6533
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT CONCERNING STATE CONTRACTING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subdivision (5) of section 4-250 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2
1, 2025): 3
(5) "Large state contract" means an agreement or a combination or 4
series of agreements between a state agency or a quasi-public agency 5
and a person, firm or corporation, having a total value of more than five 6
hundred thousand dollars in a calendar or fiscal year, for (A) a project 7
for the construction, alteration or repair of any public building or public 8
work, (B) services, including, but not limited to, consulting and 9
professional services, (C) the procurement of supplies, materials or 10
equipment, (D) a lease, or (E) a licensing arrangement. [The term "large 11
state contract"] "Large state contract" does not include a contract 12
between a state agency or a quasi-public agency and a political 13
subdivision of the state; 14
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Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 4b-24b of the general statutes is 15
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 16
1, 2025): 17
(b) The commissioner may designate projects to be accomplished on 18
a total cost basis for (1) new facilities to provide for the substantial space 19
needs of a requesting agency, (2) the installation of mechanical or 20
electrical equipment systems in existing state facilities, or (3) the 21
demolition of any state facility that the commissioner is authorized to 22
demolish under the general statutes. If the commissioner designates a 23
project as a designated total cost basis project, the commissioner may 24
enter into a single contract with a private developer which may include 25
such project elements as site acquisition, architectural design and 26
construction. The commissioner shall select a private developer from 27
among the developers who are selected and recommended by the award 28
panels established in this subdivision. All contracts for such designated 29
projects shall be based on competitive proposals received by the 30
commissioner, who shall give notice of such project, and specifications 31
for the project, by posting notice on the State Contracting Portal. No 32
contract which includes the construction, reconstruction, alteration, 33
remodeling, repair or demolition of any public building for work by the 34
state for which the total cost is estimated to be more than five hundred 35
thousand dollars may be awarded to a person who is not prequalified 36
for the work, in accordance with the provisions of section 4a-100. The 37
commissioner shall determine all other requirements and conditions for 38
such proposals and awards and shall have sole responsibility for all 39
other aspects of such contracts. Such contracts shall state clearly the 40
responsibilities of the developer to deliver a completed and acceptable 41
product on a date certain, the maximum cost of the project and, as a 42
separate item, the cost of site acquisition, if applicable. No such contract 43
may be entered into by the commissioner without the prior approval of 44
the State Properties Review Board and unless funding has been 45
authorized pursuant to the general statutes or a public or special act. 46
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 4-250(5)
Sec. 2 October 1, 2025 4b-24b(b)
Statement of Purpose:
To make technical revisions to provisions concerning state contracting.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]