STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1078

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 41

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 41 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE EXTENSION OF THE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT AFFECT PROCUREMENT FOR GOODS AND SERVICES PURCHASED THROUGH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING HUMAN SERVICE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT DELIVER PIVOTAL GOODS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES, AND OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to extend the government contracting task force to June 30, 2013, so that it may finalize and submit its 2012 interim report to the Legislature, to include the following:

 

     (1)  A report on the task force's study of state contracting processes;

 

     (2)  Recommendations to standardize and simplify the state contracting process between private parties and certain state agencies; and

 

     (3)  An evaluation of the "dashboard" demonstration project involving certain state agencies.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii and Hawaii Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations.

 

     Your Committee finds that the task force has been meeting since the summer of 2011 and has made considerable progress.  Due to the complexity of the issues it was created to address, however, the task force needs more time to resolve the issues to the satisfaction of all parties involved.  Your Committee finds that with an extension, the task force plans to concentrate on higher systemic issues including contracting and payment processes; communication; technology; accountability; transparency; and education and training.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 41, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 41, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing,

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair