Report Title:

Hawaii Public Procurement Code; Small Purchases; Construction

 

Description:

Requires state and county agencies to use competitive bidding for small purchase construction contracts of less than $50,000 for drilling and soil testing.

 


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

3302

TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT


 

 

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 103D-305, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§103D-305  Small purchases; prohibition against parceling.  (a)  Procurement of less than $50,000 for goods, services, or construction, except as provided in subsection (c), shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in rules adopted by the policy board that are designed to ensure administrative simplicity and as much competition as is practicable; provided that [multiple]:

     (1)  Multiple expenditures shall not be created at the inception of a transaction or project so as to evade the requirements of this chapter; and [provided further that procurement]

     (2)  Procurement requirements shall not be artificially divided or parceled so as to constitute a small purchase under this section.

     (b)  Procurements of $25,000 to less than $50,000 shall be made in accordance with small purchase procedures; provided that small purchase procurements through an electronic system shall be required after the policy board has adopted rules for electronic procurement and provided training to the affected agency.

     (c)  Procurements of less than $50,000 for construction drilling work and soil testing shall be made by competitive sealed bid; provided that:

     (1)  Notwithstanding subsection (b), the bid request shall be advertised to the public on the purchasing agency's website; and

     (2)  The bid for drilling and soil testing shall not be combined with a bid for the engineering work on the same project."

     SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

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