RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 585 (HB 754) 2018 Regular Session Foil
Existing law sets forth provisions for Louisiana Initiative for Small Entrepreneurships (The
Hudson Initiative).
Existing law provides definitions, including "contract" and "procurement".
New law adds "personal services, professional services, consulting services, or social
services" to definitions of "contract" and "procurement" as defined in prior law.
Existing law provides for methods of source selection which may be utilized by an agency
to satisfy a state goal for contracting with small entrepreneurships.
Prior law required such methods to include the purchase of goods, operating services, major
repairs, personnel services, professional services, consulting services, and public works
directly from a certified small entrepreneurship under an agency's discretionary purchasing
authority. New law amends prior law.
New law changes "personnel services" to "personal services".
New law adds "social services" to the list of such methods.
New law removes the requirement that such methods come "directly" from a certified small
entrepreneurship.
New law removes the condition that such methods be acquired "under an agency's
discretionary purchasing authority".
Prior law provided that an allowance for at least 10% of the total evaluation points in a
request for proposal be awarded to an offeror demonstrating a good faith effort to use small
entrepreneurships as subcontractors. New law amends prior law.
New law provides that no more than 10% of the total evaluation points in a request for
proposal shall be awarded to an offeror demonstrating a good faith effort to use small
entrepreneurships as subcontractors.
Prior law provided an allowance for 10% of the total evaluation points in a request for
proposal be awarded to an offeror who is a certified small business entrepreneurship. New
law amends prior law.
New law provides that 10% of the total evaluation points in a request for proposal shall be
awarded to an offeror who is a certified small business entrepreneurship.
Prior law provided that the commissioner of administration shall conduct a training program
that includes state procurements governed by Chapters 16 of prior law and Chapter 17 of
existing law.
New law deletes reference to Chapter 16 of prior law as obsolete.
Existing law provides relative to the Louisiana Initiative for Veteran and Service-Connected
Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Entrepreneurships.
Existing law provides definitions, including "contract" and "procurement".
New law adds "personal services, professional services, consulting services, or social
services" to definitions of "contract" and "procurement" as defined in prior law.
Prior law referenced Chapter 16 of prior law relative to provisions governing procurements
and public contracts.
New law deletes reference to Chapter 16 of prior law as obsolete. Existing law provides for methods of source selection which may be utilized by an agency
to satisfy a state goal for contracting with veteran and service-connected disabled veteran
owned small entrepreneurships.
Prior law required that such methods include the purchase of goods, operating services,
major repairs, personnel services, professional services, consulting services, and public
works directly from a certified veteran and service-connected disabled veteran-owned small
entrepreneurship under an agency's discretionary purchasing authority. New law amends
prior law.
New law changes "personnel services" to "personal services".
New law adds "social services" to the list of such methods.
New law removes the requirement that such methods be acquired "directly".
New law removes the condition that such methods be acquired "under an agency's
discretionary purchasing authority".
Prior law provided that an allowance for at least 10% of the total evaluation points in a
request for proposal be awarded to an offeror demonstrating a good faith effort to use veteran
and service-connected disabled veteran-owned small entrepreneurships as subcontractors.
New law amends prior law.
New law provides that no more than 12% of the total evaluation points in a request for
proposal shall be awarded to an offeror demonstrating a good faith effort to use veteran and
service-connected disabled veteran-owned small entrepreneurships as subcontractors
Prior law provided that 10% of the total evaluation points in a request for proposal shall be
awarded to an offeror who is a certified veteran and service-connected disabled
veteran-owned small business entrepreneurship. New law amends prior law.
New law provides that 12% of the total evaluation points in a request for proposal shall be
awarded to an offeror who is a certified veteran or service-connected disabled veteran-owned
small business entrepreneurship.
Prior law provided that secretary of Dept. of Economic Development shall certify businesses
as veteran and service-connected disabled veteran-owned small entrepreneurships. Defines
such entrepreneurships, including that the entity together with any of its affiliate entities has
fewer than 50 full-time employees with average annual gross receipts not exceeding 10
million dollars per year for construction operations and 5 million dollars per year for
nonconstruction operations, for each of the previous three tax years.
New law changes 5 million to 6 million and retains remainder of prior law.
Effective upon signature of governor (May 28, 2018).
(Amends R.S. 39:2002(3) and (7), 2005(2), (5) and (6), 2007(D)(1), 2171(B), 2172(3) and
(7), 2173, 2175(2), (5), and (6), 2176(A)(4) and 2177(D))