STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3776

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2496

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2496, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize state agencies to use an alternative procurement method if authorized by a federal statute or other authority and the head of the purchasing agency.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the State Procurement Office and Department of Transportation.

Your Committee finds that authorizing the use of specific alternative procurement methods will provide flexibility to help reduce costs for procurements for which existing methods of source selection may not be appropriate.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2496, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair