Under existing law, a prospective bidder or offeror who is protesting a competitive bid contract must follow certain time periods and deadlines throughout the process. Under existing law, any person that submits to a a contract, a contract proposal, a bid, or a grant proposal to the state for an amount equal to or greater than a certain amount, and for the purpose of financial gain, is required to include a disclosure statement for each contract, contract proposal, bid, or grant proposal that it submits, subject to certain exceptions. Under existing law a disclosure statement must provide certain information about individuals who may gain financial benefit from their relationships with the person submitting the contract, contract proposal, bid, or grant proposal. This bill would revise the procedures to protest a contract to be let by competitive bid to the Chief Procurement Officer by providing a certain number of days for filing a notice of intent to protest and an additional number of days to file a formal written protest. This bill would provide that the protest procedures are not subject to the Administrative Procedures Act. This bill would increase the minimum amount of a proposed contract for which a disclosure statement is required, allow the use of alternative disclosure statement forms, and allow the submission of a single annual disclosure statement for multiple proposals with the same state agency, department, or division. This bill would allow for an alternative method of certifying the authenticity of a disclosure statement.Under existing law, a prospective bidder or offeror who is protesting a competitive bid contract must follow certain time periods and deadlines throughout the process. Under existing law, any person that submits to a a contract, a contract proposal, a bid, or a grant proposal to the state for an amount equal to or greater than a certain amount, and for the purpose of financial gain, is required to include a disclosure statement for each contract, contract proposal, bid, or grant proposal that it submits, subject to certain exceptions. Under existing law a disclosure statement must provide certain information about individuals who may gain financial benefit from their relationships with the person submitting the contract, contract proposal, bid, or grant proposal. This bill would revise the procedures to protest a contract to be let by competitive bid to the Chief Procurement Officer by providing a certain number of days for filing a notice of intent to protest and an additional number of days to file a formal written protest. This bill would provide that the protest procedures are not subject to the Administrative Procedures Act. This bill would increase the minimum amount of a proposed contract for which a disclosure statement is required, allow the use of alternative disclosure statement forms, and allow the submission of a single annual disclosure statement for multiple proposals with the same state agency, department, or division. This bill would allow for an alternative method of certifying the authenticity of a disclosure statement.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 41-4-161, 41-4-164, 41-16-82, 41-16-83, 41-16-85, 41-16-87