María Elena Durazo
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 26
Author
Existing law imposes requirements on, and authorizes procedures for, public contracting for equipment and services, among other things, by local and state agencies. Existing law authorizes certain procurements to be facilitated through a lowest responsible bidder requirement. This bill would authorize a public entity, as defined, to award contracts through a best value procurement method, as described, for the purchase of goods with a base value of $250,000 or more. The bill would require the public entity to adopt and publish procedures and guidelines for evaluating the qualifications of the bidders to ensure the best value selections are conducted in a fair and impartial manner, as described. The bill would authorize the procedures and guidelines to include the adoption of a high road jobs plan policy that evaluates bidders' high road jobs plan commitments as part of the overall score for the public contract, as specified. This bill would require the solicitation document to include certain information and would direct the public entity to use a scoring method based on price and the factors described in the solicitation document, as specified. The bill would require the public entity to let any contract for these projects to the selected bidder that represents the best value or reject all bids. The bill would also authorize a public entity to award all contracts for the purchase of municipal fleets by using a best value procurement method, as specified.
August 15 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 4139.) Ordered to the Assembly.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3980.) (May 16).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Set for hearing May 16.
April 29 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing April 29.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3664.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 9. Noes 5. Page 3529.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Set for hearing April 17 in L. GOV. pending receipt.
Set for hearing April 9.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB1325 | HTML |
| 02/16/24 - Introduced | |
| 04/10/24 - Amended Senate |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/05/24- Senate Governmental Organization | |
| 04/12/24- Senate Local Government | |
| 04/26/24- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/17/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/24/24- Assembly Local Government | |
| 08/05/24- Assembly Appropriations |
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