NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A5011
SPONSOR: Bichotte Hermelyn TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public authorities law and the economic development
law, in relation to requiring public corporations and agencies to
provide written notice to each minority- or women-owned business enter-
prise that unsuccessfully bid on a contract of the reason or reasons why
the business enterprise was unsuccessful in obtaining the contract
PURPOSE::
This bill would require that minority and women-owned businesses be
informed of the reason that they were not awarded a State or municipal
contract.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS::
Section 1 requires corporations provide notice to each minority or
women-owned business enterprise that unsuccessfully bid on contract(s)
within 30 days of awarding a contract.
Section 2 requires agencies to provide notice to each minority and
women-owned business enterprise that unsuccessfully bid on contract
within 30 days of awarding a contract
Section 3 provides the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION::
This bill is intended to improve those businesses that are minority- or
women-owned business enterprises, which have not been successful in
bidding for contracts. Informing these businesses of underlying, perti-
nent and actionable facts concerning unsuccessful bias would provide
MWBEs an opportunity to better their chances for future success by
implementing the adequate tools, pricing, services, and/or documents
required to be a successful awardee in the future.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY::
02/21/24 print number 3910a
02/21/24 amend (t) and recommit to corporations, authorities, and
commissions
01/03/24 referred to corporations, authorities, and commissions
02/08/23 referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
2021-2022: S3263 Passed Senate, died in Assembly
2019-20: S.5338/A.1481; passed Senate Corporations, 3rd Reading.
2017-18: A.10089; referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS::
TBD
EFFECTIVE DATE::
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law.
