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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 998 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3374
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Michael P. Kushmerek
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to Chapter 30B procurement through RFPs and cooperative contracts.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Michael P. Kushmerek3rd Worcester1/14/2025 1 of 3
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 998 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3374
By Representative Kushmerek of Fitchburg, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3374)
of Michael P. Kushmerek relative to certain procurements through requests for proposals and
cooperative contracts. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3077 OF 2023-2024.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act relative to Chapter 30B procurement through RFPs and cooperative contracts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Section 4 of chapter 30B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in place thereof
3the following subsection:-
4 (a) Except as permitted pursuant to this section and section 7, for the procurement of a
5supply or service for a governmental body in the amount of $10,000 or greater, but not more than
6$50,000, a procurement officer shall seek written quotations from no fewer than 3 persons
7customarily providing the supply or service; provided, however, that for the procurement of a
8supply or service for a municipal or regional school district such amount shall be $10,000 or
9greater, but not more than $100,000. The procurement officer shall record: (1) the names and
10addresses of all person from whom quotations were sought, (2) the purchase description used for 2 of 3
11the procurement, (3) the names of the persons submitting quotations and (4) the date and amount
12of each quotation. Such information shall be retained in the file required pursuant to section 3. A
13governmental body may require that any procurement for a governmental body in an amount of
14not more than $50,000 be subject to section 5 or section 6; provided, however, that any
15procurement for a municipal or regional school district such amount shall be not more than
16$100,000.
17 SECTION 2. Section 4 of chapter 30B of the General Laws is hereby amended by
18striking out subsection (b) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
19 (b) The procurement officer shall award the contract to the responsible person offering
20the needed quality of supply or service at the lowest quotation unless the procurement officer
21elected to procure the supply or service subject to section 6. If the supply or service was procured
22subject to section 6, the procurement officer shall award the contract pursuant to section 6
23subsection (g).
24 SECTION 3. Section 6 of said Chapter 30B is hereby amended in paragraph (a) by
25inserting after the figure “$50,000” the following words: “except as permitted pursuant to section
264 subsection (a),”
27 SECTION 4. Section 22 of said Chapter 30B is hereby amended by striking out Section
2822 in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following section:- Section 22. A public
29procurement unit may participate in, sponsor, conduct or administer a cooperative purchasing
30agreement for the procurement of supplies and services bid in accordance with Massachusetts
31General Law Chapter 30B with public procurement units or external procurement activities in
32accordance with an agreement entered into between the participants. The public procurement 3 of 3
33unit conducting the procurement of supplies and services shall do so in a manner that constitutes
34a full and open competition.