HB 967

Abstract

Department of General Services; point-basedprogram for prime contractors. Provides that when an awardedcontract includes a small business subcontracting plan, the primecontractor shall be required to report compliance with its smallbusiness subcontracting plans using the Department of General Services'central electronic procurement system. The bill provides that beforefinal payment is made, the purchasing agency shall confirm that theprime contractor certified compliance with the contract's small businesssubcontracting plan; that contracts and renewals shall include aprovision allowing final payment to be withheld until the prime contractorcomplies with its small business subcontracting plan; and that priorto entering into a new contract or renewing a contract with a primecontractor, a purchasing agency shall review a contractor's recordof compliance, and such compliance shall be considered in the prospectiveaward or renewal of any future contracts with the prime contractor.The bill requires the Department of General Services to create areport within the central electronic procurement system to enable cross-agency transparency into a contractor's record of compliancewith small business subcontracting plan requirements. The bill containstechnical amendments.