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A08504 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)




 
BILL NUMBER: A8504     REVISED 02/10/2022
 
SPONSOR: Paulin

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring
public authorities to comply with certain provisions of the state
finance law relating to procurements
 
 
PURPOSE:
 
This legislation would require public authorities to comply with certain
provisions of the state finance law relating to procurements.
 
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
 
Section 1 of the bill amends Subdivision 1 of section 2879 of the public
authorities law.

Section 2 of this bill provides for an immediate effective date.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
This bill would ensure State authorities adopt best practice procurement
procedures based on those in place for State agencies by requiring State
authorities to adopt procurement guidelines that are consistent with
those required for state agencies, unless otherwise permitted by law.
 
At present, State authorities generally follow their own guidelines for
conducting procurements. These guidelines vary from authority to author-
ity and usually are approved only by the authority's board of directors.
Requiring Public Authorities to adopt procedures consistent with those
in place for State agencies would help ensure fairness and transparency
in the procurement process and benefit the vendor community by providing
a more uniform approach to awarding State contracts.
 
State law prescribes best practice processes for agency procurements,
including: requiring open competition when practicable; ensuring a level
playing field for bidders with standard advertising and evaluation
criteria; the opportunity for losing vendors to be debriefed on awards;
procurement; ensuring vendors comply with appropriate worker protections
such as prevailing wage, workers' compensation and disability insurance,
and equal employment/nondiscrimination requirements; and confirming that
vendors are responsible and responsive and deserve to participate in
state contracting.
 
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
New bill.
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
 
Minimal.
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take on the one hundred and eightieth day after it shall
have become a law.
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