Bill Text: TX SB1460 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the evaluation and ranking of similar offers submitted to a governmental entity for certain construction-related contracts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-19 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1460 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1460-Introduced.html
84R3370 TSR-D | ||
By: Bettencourt | S.B. No. 1460 |
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relating to the evaluation and ranking of similar offers submitted | ||
to a governmental entity for certain construction-related | ||
contracts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 2269, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 2269.0565 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2269.0565. EXPLANATION OF EVALUATION AND RANKING. (a) | ||
An offeror who submits a bid, proposal, or request for | ||
qualification under this chapter may request the governmental | ||
entity to explain the evaluation and ranking of a submission that | ||
was not selected and that: | ||
(1) is ranked differently than a similar submission of | ||
a bid, proposal, or request for qualification by the offeror to the | ||
governmental entity during the preceding year; | ||
(2) uses the same data that was used to develop the | ||
previous submission; and | ||
(3) is based on the same selection criteria that was | ||
used to evaluate and rank the previous submission. | ||
(b) A request made under this section must be in writing. | ||
(c) Not later than the 30th day after the date a request is | ||
made under this section, the governmental entity shall deliver to | ||
the offeror a written explanation of the basis of the evaluation and | ||
ranking of the submission, including an explanation of why the | ||
submission was ranked differently than the previous submission. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by Section 2269.0565, | ||
Government Code, as added by this Act, applies only to the | ||
evaluation and ranking of a bid, proposal, or request for | ||
qualification submitted by an offeror to a governmental entity on | ||
or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |