New York Assembly Bill A03244 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3244 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 2, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring consid- eration of union made commodities and services in the awarding of certain procurement contracts The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph j of subdivision 1 of section 163 of the state 2 finance law, as amended by chapter 569 of the laws of 2015, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 j. "Best value" means the basis for awarding contracts for services to 5 the offerer which optimizes quality, cost and efficiency, among respon- 6 sive and responsible offerers. Such basis shall reflect, wherever possi- 7 ble, objective and quantifiable analysis. Such basis may also identify a 8 quantitative factor for offerers that are small businesses, certified 9 minority- or women-owned business enterprises as defined in subdivisions 10 one, seven, fifteen and twenty of section three hundred ten of the exec- 11 utive law or service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises as 12 defined in subdivision one of section three hundred sixty-nine-h of the 13 executive law to be used in evaluation of offers for awarding of 14 contracts for services. Such basis shall also identify as a quantita- 15 tive factor whether the commodities or services offered were manufac- 16 tured by or will be performed by members of a labor organization as 17 defined in section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law. 18 § 2. Paragraph j of subdivision 1 of section 163 of the state finance 19 law, as amended by section 28 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of 20 2022, is amended to read as follows: 21 j. "Best value" means the basis for awarding contracts for services to 22 the offerer which optimizes quality, cost and efficiency, among respon- 23 sive and responsible offerers. Such basis shall reflect, wherever possi- 24 ble, objective and quantifiable analysis. Such basis may also identify a EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04734-01-3 
 A. 3244 2 1 quantitative factor for offerers that are small businesses, certified 2 minority- or women-owned business enterprises as defined in subdivisions 3 one, seven, fifteen and twenty of section three hundred ten of the exec- 4 utive law or service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises as 5 defined in subdivision one of section forty of the veterans' services 6 law to be used in evaluation of offers for awarding of contracts for 7 services. Such basis shall also identify as a quantitative factor 8 whether the commodities or services offered were manufactured by or will 9 be performed by members of a labor organization as defined in section 10 two hundred ninety-two of the executive law. 11 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 12 have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments to paragraph j 13 of subdivision 1 of section 163 of the state finance law made by section 14 two of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 15 manner as part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, takes effect; and 16 provided further that the amendments to paragraph j of subdivision 1 of 17 section 163 of the state finance law made by sections one and two of 18 this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed 19 to be repealed therewith.