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HB 319 - State purchases; certain bidding information; display on Internet

Powell, Alan T (23rd)	Coleman, Terry L (142nd)	McCall, Tom (90th)
DeLoach, Buddy (172nd)	Teague, Sharon Beasley (58th)

Status Summary	HC:	App	SC:		FR:	01/29/99	LA:	02/01/99	H - Read 2nd Time

First Reader Summary

A BILL to amend Code Section 50-5-67 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to competitive bidding for state purchases, so as to provide for display on the Internet of the names of successful bidders, the names of unsuccessful bidders, and the reasons for rejecting bidders; and for other purposes.

HB 319                                             LC 22 3392 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Code Section 50-5-67 of the Official Code of 
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to competitive bidding for state 
  1- 3  purchases, so as to provide for display on the Internet of 
  1- 4  the names of successful bidders, the names of unsuccessful 
  1- 5  bidders, and the reasons for rejecting bidders; to provide 
  1- 6  that such information shall remain available on the Internet 
  1- 7  for at least 12 months; to provide for related matters; to 
  1- 8  repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 9       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1-10                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1-11  Code Section 50-5-67 of the Official Code of Georgia 
  1-12  Annotated, relating to competitive bidding for state 
  1-13  purchases, is amended by striking in its entirety subsection 
  1-14  (d) and inserting in its place the following: 
 
  1-15    "(d) Every bid conforming to the terms of the 
  1-16    advertisement provided for in this Code section, together 
  1-17    with the name of the bidder, shall be recorded, and all 
  1-18    such records with the name of the successful bidder 
  1-19    indicated thereon shall, after award or letting of the 
  1-20    contract, be subject to public inspection upon request. 
  1-21    The Department of Administrative Services shall also, 
  1-22    within five days after the award or letting of the 
  1-23    contract, publish the name of the successful bidder on 
  1-24    public display in a conspicuous place in the department's 
  1-25    office and on a designated Internet site that is part of, 
  1-26    or linked to, the Georgia Procurement Registry described 
  1-27    in subsection (b) of Code Section 50-5-69 so that it may 
  1-28    be easily seen by the public. The public notice on public 
  1-29    display shall also show the price or the amount for which 
  1-30    the contract was let and the commodities covered by the 
  1-31    contract.  The Department of Administrative Services shall 
  1-32    also and in the same manner, within five days after the 
  1-33    award or letting of the contract, publish on public 
  1-34    display the names of all persons whose bids were rejected 
  1-35    by it, together with a statement giving the reasons for 
 
 
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  2- 1    such rejection.  All the information required to be placed 
  2- 2    on public display in a conspicuous place at the office of 
  2- 3    the Department of Administrative Services and on a 
  2- 4    designated Internet site that is part of, or linked to, 
  2- 5    the Georgia Procurement Registry shall also be recorded in 
  2- 6    a permanent book to be kept by the Department of 
  2- 7    Administrative Services, which record shall always be 
  2- 8    subject to public inspection upon request.  The 
  2- 9    information placed on the Internet shall remain available 
  2-10    in that medium for at least 12 months.  Bids shall be 
  2-11    opened in public by the Department of Administrative 
  2-12    Services, which shall canvass the bids and award the 
  2-13    contract according to the terms of this part. A proper 
  2-14    bond for the faithful performance of any contract shall be 
  2-15    required of the successful bidder in the discretion of the 
  2-16    Department of Administrative Services. After the contracts 
  2-17    have been awarded, the Department of Administrative 
  2-18    Services shall certify to the various departments, 
  2-19    institutions, and agencies of the state government the 
  2-20    sources of the supplies and the contract price of the 
  2-21    various supplies, materials, and equipment so contracted 
  2-22    for." 
 
  2-23                           SECTION 2. 
 
  2-24  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  2-25  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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