HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
704 |
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the State is in need of increased transparency and accountability in government contracts, and there is currently neither a method for statewide data collection, nor clear authority of the centralized state procurement office to mandate collection for proper reporting and analysis of important metrics of procurement across the various procurement jurisdictions across the State.
The purpose of this Act is to improve the State's procurement process with increased transparency and accountability by strengthening the centralized state procurement office's oversight of all government contracts in the State for information collection and retrieval processes necessary for policy guidance, training, legislative reporting, and general oversight of procurement across the State by:
(1) Mandating
that the state procurement office establish a statewide procurement database
for data collection that shall receive meaningful data on all state
procurements from all government entities and that is accessible by all
government entities;
(2) Clarifying the centralized role and authority of the state procurement office across the State's procurement jurisdictions to receive contracting information for data collection, review, and policy analysis; and
(3) Mandating statewide procurement oversight and legislative reporting from the state procurement office.
SECTION 2. Section 103D-107, Hawaii Revised Statues, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§103D-107[]] Compliance audit unit;
establishment and purpose. (a)
There is established a compliance audit unit within the [office of
the auditor.] state procurement office. The purpose of this unit shall be to:
(1) Periodically review and audit procurement practices within government to ensure compliance with this chapter and all applicable rules; and
(2) Advocate competition, fairness, and accountability in the procurement process.
Reports made by this unit shall be a matter of public record. This unit shall utilize as part of the review process, a review of records and activities specifically for trends and patterns of occurrence.
(b) The office of the auditor shall periodically
audit the compliance audit unit, to ensure compliance with this chapter."
SECTION 3. Section 103D-108, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§103D-108 Compliance audit unit; duties and responsibilities. The compliance audit unit shall:
(1) Review and assess applicable innovations in procurement methods or processes in other governmental jurisdictions or as described in national or regional publications;
(2) Review current or proposed statutes and rules to determine whether they promote fairness, efficiency, and accountability in the procurement process;
(3) Review selected contracts awarded pursuant to section 103D-304;
(4) Conduct studies, research, and analyses, and make reports and recommendations with respect to existing and new methods of procurement and other matters within the jurisdiction of the policy board;
(5) Establish and maintain a procurement library;
(6) Establish and maintain a database of meaningful statewide
procurement contract data; provided that all data on the database shall be made
accessible to each governmental entity and selective non-confidential data may
be made accessible to the general public to further transparency and
accountability, as determined appropriate by the administrator;
[(6)] (7)
Report to the appropriate agency and the chief
procurement officer stating the areas of noncompliance and recommendations for
remedial action; and
[(7)] (8)
[Be present at] Participate in legislative
hearings and policy board meetings to present the findings of the unit."
SECTION 4. Section 103D-109, Hawaii Revised Statues, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§103D-109[]]
Compliance audit unit; government officers and employees to cooperate.
The officers and employees of the State and of
each county shall cooperate with this unit and furnish to them such information
related to procurement activities as may be called for in connection with the information
gathering and research activities of this unit[.], including by
reporting contract data pursuant to requirements and procedures established by
the administrator, for inclusion in the database established under subsection
103D-108(6). The information shall be
provided in a timely manner pursuant to procedures established by the
administrator and shall be free of charge."
SECTION 5. Section 103D-205, Hawaii Revised Statues, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) For their respective jurisdictions and unless otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, each chief procurement officer shall serve as the central procurement officer for the officer's respective jurisdiction and:
(1) Procure or supervise the procurement of all goods, services, and construction;
(2) Exercise general supervision and control over all inventories of goods;
(3) Sell, trade, or otherwise dispose of surplus goods;
(4) Establish and maintain programs for the
inspection, testing, and acceptance of goods, services, and construction;
(5) Coordinate with the administrator regarding procurement policies, opportunities for statewide innovation implementation, and concerns;
(6) Report procurement contract data pursuant
to requirements established by the administrator, in the form and manner
prescribed by the state procurement office[;], for inclusion in the database
established under subsection 103D-108(6); and
(7) Assist
and cooperate with the administrator regarding any compliance review by the administrator
pursuant to section 103D-206."
SECTION 6. Section 103D-206, Hawaii Revised Statues, is amended to read as follows:
"§103D-206 Additional
duties of the administrator of the procurement office. In addition to the duties referred to in section 103D-205, the administrator
shall:
(1) Perform
periodic review of the procurement practices and procedures
of all
governmental bodies, in collaboration with the state procurement policy board,
for compliance with the procurement code;
(2) Assist,
advise, and guide governmental bodies in matters relating to procurement[;],
including development and coordination of policies for procurement innovation,
transparency, and accountability;
(3) Determine
corrective actions; provided that if a
procurement officer under the jurisdiction of the administrator of the
state procurement office or a chief procurement officer of any of the other
state entities under section 103D-203, fails to comply with any determination
rendered by the administrator within thirty days from the date of the issuance
of the determination, or longer if permitted by the administrator upon request
by the procurement officer or a chief procurement officer, the procurement
officer or chief procurement officer shall be subject to an administrative fine
under section 103D-106, for every day of noncompliance;
(4) Develop
and administer a statewide procurement orientation and training program;
(5) Develop,
distribute, and maintain a procurement manual for all state procurement
officials; [and]
(6) Develop,
distribute, and maintain a procurement guide for vendors wishing to do business
with the State and its counties[.]; and
(7) Coordinate and serve as a liaison to
the policy board and chief procurement officers on policy matters, including reporting
of procurement metrics across the State for all rulemaking and legislative
initiatives relating to procurement policy."
SECTION 7. Section 103D-207, Hawaii Revised Statues, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§103D-207[]] Centralization of procurement authority. Except as otherwise provided in sections
103D-208, 103D-209, and 103D-210, all rights, powers, duties, and authority
relating to the procurement of goods, services, and construction, and the
management, control, warehousing, sale, and disposal of goods, services, and
construction now vested in, or exercised by, the governmental bodies of the
State and counties are hereby transferred to the respective chief procurement
officers[.], who shall coordinate with the administrator for statewide
data collection, training, and policy initiatives."
SECTION 8. Section 103D-212, Hawaii Revised Statues, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§103D-212[]] Collection of data
concerning public procurement. The chief procurement officer and the heads
of all purchasing agencies shall cooperate in the preparation of statistical
data concerning the procurement, usage, and disposition of all goods, services,
and construction, and employ such trained personnel as may be necessary to
carry out this function. All using
agencies shall furnish such reports as the chief procurement officer and
state procurement office may require concerning usage, needs, and stocks on
hand, and the chief procurement officer or state procurement office may
prescribe forms to be used by the using agencies in requisitioning, ordering,
and reporting of goods, services, and construction."
SECTION 9. Section 103D-326, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§103D-326[]] Fiscal responsibility.
(a) Every contract modification, change order, or contract price
adjustment under a contract shall be subject to prior written certification by
the appropriate fiscal officer for funding the project or the contract, as to
the effect of the contract modification, change order, or adjustment in
contract price on the total project budget or the total contract budget. In the event that the certification of the
fiscal officer discloses a resulting increase in the total project budget or
the total contract budget, the procurement officer shall not execute or make
such contract modification, change order, or adjustment in contract price
unless sufficient funds are available therefor, or the scope of the project or
contract is adjusted so as to permit the degree of completion that is feasible
within the total project budget or total contract budget as it existed prior to
the contract modification, change order, or adjustment in contract price under
consideration; provided, that with respect to the validity, as to the
contractor, of any executed contract modification, change order, or adjustment
in contract price which the contractor has reasonably relied upon, it shall be
presumed that there has been compliance with this section.
(b) Any contract modification, change order, or
adjustment in contract price that would result in the lesser of either:
(1) A fifty per cent increase of the initial contract price; or
(2) An increase in excess of $1,000,000 above the initial contract
price,
shall be submitted with associative cost and pricing analysis to
the chief procurement officer
for approval, then shall be submitted to the administrator for notification."
SECTION 10. Section 103D-809, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§103D-809[]] Review of procurement
requirements. The [chief procurement
officer may] administrator shall collect information concerning the
type, cost, quality, and quantity of commonly used goods, services, or
construction being procured or used by state public procurement units[.],
in coordination with the chief procurement officer. The chief procurement officer may also
collect and report this information from local public procurement
units. The [chief procurement officer
may] state procurement office shall make available all such available
information to any public procurement unit upon request."
SECTION 11. This Act does not affect the rights and duties that
matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before
its effective date.
SECTION 12. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2022-2023 for the state procurement office to establish the statewide procurement database and establish necessary positions pursuant to this Act.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the state procurement office for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 13. All appropriations, records, equipment, machines, files, supplies, contracts, books, papers, documents, maps, and other personal property heretofore made, used, acquired, or held by the office of the auditor relating to the functions transferred to the state procurement agency by section 2 of this Act shall be transferred with the functions to which they relate.
SECTION 14. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 15. This Act shall take effect upon its approval; provided that section 12 of this Act shall take effect on July 1, 2022.
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Report Title:
Procurement; State Procurement Office; Database; Oversight
Description:
Transfers the procurement compliance audit unit from the office of the auditor to the state procurement office. Requires the state procurement office to establish a database of all government procurement contracts, accessible to each governmental entity. Requires state procurement office oversight of procurement information. Appropriates funds to establish the database and for related positions.
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