CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 64

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

RE:    H.B. No. 1180

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1180, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to improve transparency and efficiency in the State procurement process by, among other things:

     (1)  Requiring the Administrator of the State Procurement Office to establish a contractor performance database;

     (2)  Requiring the Chief Procurement Officers of the various state jurisdictions to coordinate with the Administrator regarding procurement policies, innovations, and concerns;

     (3)  Transferring the authority for the Compliance Audit Unit to the State Procurement Office;

     (4)  Requiring the Compliance Audit Unit to establish a meaningful statewide procurement contract database; and

     (5)  Establishing a procurement task force to examine the cost impacts of the procurement process for public works construction projects and to examine and recommend past performance standards and procedures.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended the contents of this measure to encompass only the provisions requiring the Chief Procurement Officer of each jurisdiction to:

     (1)  Coordinate with the Administrator regarding procurement policies, innovations, and concerns; and

     (2)  Report procurement contract data to the Administrator.

     Additionally, your Committee has changed the effective date of this measure to July 1, 2015.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1180, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1180, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair	____________________________ AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair
____________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA, Co-Chair