Bill Text: NY S07960 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the award of contracts to small businesses, minority-owned business enterprises and women-owned business enterprises; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-21 - referred to governmental operations [S07960 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S07960-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7960 IN SENATE March 13, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RANZENHOFER -- (at request of the Dormitory Authori- ty) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be commit- ted to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the award of contracts to small businesses, minority-owned business enterprises and women-owned business enterprises; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1678 of the public authorities law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 29 to read as follows: 3 29. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, to establish a pilot 4 program for the award of contracts up to the maximum dollar amount spec- 5 ified in paragraph (e) of this subdivision, for the procurement of goods 6 or services from, or for the construction, reconstruction, rehabili- 7 tation or improvement of facilities by, small businesses as defined in 8 section one hundred thirty-one of the economic development law and/or 9 minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises as defined in 10 section three hundred ten of the executive law, notwithstanding the 11 expiration of such section pursuant to subdivision (h) of section one 12 hundred twenty-one of chapter two hundred sixty-one of the laws of nine- 13 teen hundred eighty-eight, as amended, in accordance with the following 14 provisions: 15 (a) Procurements made pursuant to this subdivision shall be governed 16 by the authority's procurement policy and guidelines adopted pursuant to 17 section two thousand eight hundred seventy-nine of the public authori- 18 ties law, with participation in the pilot program reserved exclusively 19 to small businesses, as defined in section one hundred thirty-one of the 20 economic development law, and/or minority-owned and women-owned business 21 enterprises, as defined in section three hundred ten of the executive 22 law. 23 (b) Procurements made pursuant to this subdivision shall be designated 24 as such by the authority, in its sole discretion. Such designation shall 25 be made prior to the advertisement and request for bids or proposals, EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14384-01-8S. 7960 2 1 and any such advertisement or request shall indicate this designation 2 clearly. 3 (c) If the total number of parties responding and considered capable 4 of meeting the specifications and terms of the advertisement and request 5 for bids or proposals is less than three, or if the authority determines 6 that acceptance of any bid or proposal will result in the payment of an 7 unreasonable price, the authority shall reject all responses and with- 8 draw the designation made pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subdivision. 9 (d) Procurements made pursuant to this subdivision may be undertaken 10 in conjunction with section one hundred forty-seven of the state finance 11 law authorizing a mentor-protege program to foster long-term relation- 12 ships between approved mentor firms and small business concerns and 13 minority and women-owned businesses certified pursuant to article 14 fifteen-A of the executive law. 15 (e) The total value of contracts awarded pursuant to this subdivision 16 shall not exceed the greater of twenty million dollars or five percent 17 of the value of all contracts awarded by the authority in a given fiscal 18 year. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire July 1, 20 2022 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed 21 repealed.