STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1596

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.C.R. No. 47

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committees on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing and Ways and Means, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 47 entitled:

 

"HOUSE 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,"

 

beg 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 government contracting 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 Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations.

 

     Your Committees find that the government contracting 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 government contracting task force needs more time to resolve the issues to the satisfaction of all parties involved.  Your Committees further find that with an extension, the government contracting task force plans to concentrate on higher systemic issues including contracting and payment processes; communication; technology; accountability; transparency; and education and training.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Further extending the government contracting task force until December 31, 2013;

 

     (2)  Extending the deadline for submission of the government contracting task force's final report to the Legislature to December 31, 2013; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing and Ways and Means that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 47, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 47, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing and Ways and Means,

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair