STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1667

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.C.R. No. 204

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 204 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL PROCUREMENT JURISDICTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Chief Procurement Officer to conduct a comprehensive study of each of the individual procurement jurisdictions.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State Procurement Office and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that the decentralized nature of the state procurement system allows the various procurement jurisdictions to assign employees different job titles, tasks, and workloads.  Such variances makes it difficult to assess whether each procurement jurisdiction is adequately staffed to meet mandated contract award and monitoring requirements.  Gathering information from each procurement jurisdiction that allows staff positions, duties, work volume, and recommended staffing to be evaluated across procurement jurisdictions will be useful in determining how to strengthen the State's procurement system. 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying that the State Procurement Administrator assists, advises, and guides governmental bodies in matters relating to procurement;

     (2)  Clarifying that the State Procurement Administrator is requested to collect information on each of the individual procurement jurisdictions;

     (3)  Requesting that the study include the average annual number of contracts assigned to each procurement jurisdiction, rather than the current number assigned;

     (4)  Requesting that the study include the current level of contract oversight required during the entire procurement process;

     (5)  Amending the title to conform with the purpose of this measure; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 204, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 204, S.D. 1.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair