STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3033

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2544

       H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 2544, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Require the State Procurement Office, in conjunction with the Department of Accounting and General Services, to conduct a comprehensive analysis and review of the Hawaii Public Procurement Code;

 

     (2)  Require the State Procurement Office to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2018; and

 

     (3)  Appropriate funds to the State Procurement Office for the comprehensive analysis and review.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services, Department of Transportation, Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, and General Contractors Association of Hawaii.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the State Procurement Office.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Hawaii Public Procurement Code provides the foundational framework for construction contracting.  It is imperative that the State's procurement process is competitive and transparent as it is a paradigm for which contractors and procuring agencies rely on to be consistent in its application.  Implementation of this measure will advance the Hawaii Public Procurement Code and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the procurement process.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2544, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Government Operations,

 

 

 

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair