Text: HSB00676 Text: HSB00678 Text: HSB00600 - HSB00699 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 73.1, Code 2003, is amended by striking 1 2 the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 1 3 73.1 PREFERENCES. 1 4 1. Every commission, board, committee, regents 1 5 institution, and department or agency of the state shall make 1 6 the purchase of Iowa-based products and services to fill their 1 7 designated mission and needs a priority when entering into 1 8 contracts to fill such needs. This purchasing priority shall 1 9 include accommodations for quality, marketable quantities of 1 10 products and services provided by the marketer of the product 1 11 or service that will affect the long-term costs associated 1 12 with the product or service, and the impact upon the purchaser 1 13 and the purchaser's mission and needs. When products or 1 14 services provided by an Iowa-based provider are found to be in 1 15 sufficient quantities and of a quality suited to the needs of 1 16 the affected entity, and can be secured without significantly 1 17 raising the costs associated with the purchase, preference 1 18 shall be given to the Iowa-based provider over that of a 1 19 provider existing outside the state. This section does not 1 20 apply to a school district purchasing food while the school 1 21 district is participating in the federal school lunch program, 1 22 nor shall it apply to purchasers of prescription drugs for any 1 23 state program. 1 24 2. All requests made for bids and requests for proposals 1 25 for materials, products, supplies, provisions, and other 1 26 needed articles and services to be purchased at public expense 1 27 shall be made in such a way to include an Iowa-based entity, 1 28 should the sponsoring purchaser be aware that such an entity 1 29 exists and is capable of filling the needs related to the bid 1 30 or request. All available efforts shall be made to 1 31 accommodate the acceptance of bids submitted from Iowa-based 1 32 providers of products and services that can satisfy the needs 1 33 of purchasers of the state. 1 34 3. Any commission, board, committee, regents institution, 1 35 or department or agency of the state entering into a contract 2 1 for the purchase of products or services that exceeds twenty- 2 2 five thousand dollars shall compile data reflecting the 2 3 percentage of purchases made from Iowa-based entities versus 2 4 those purchases made from entities outside the state during 2 5 the fiscal year. Any commission, board, committee, regents 2 6 institution, or department or agency of the state required to 2 7 compile data pursuant to this subsection shall submit the data 2 8 in the form of a written report to the general assembly on or 2 9 before October 31 following the fiscal year in which the data 2 10 is compiled. 2 11 Sec. 2. Section 331.341, subsection 2, Code 2003, is 2 12 amended to read as follows: 2 13 2. The board shall give preference to Iowa products and 2 14 labor in accordance with chapter 73 and shall comply with bid 2 15 and contract requirements insection 73.2chapter 73. 2 16 EXPLANATION 2 17 This bill relates to purchasing preferences for Iowa-based 2 18 products and services. 2 19 The bill provides that every commission, board, committee, 2 20 regents institution, and department or agency of the state 2 21 shall make the purchase of Iowa-based products and services to 2 22 fill their designated mission and needs a priority when 2 23 entering into contracts to fill such needs. Currently, the 2 24 preference provisions also apply to counties, township, school 2 25 districts, and cities. The bill provides that when products 2 26 or services provided by an Iowa-based provider are found to be 2 27 in sufficient quantities and of a quality suited to the needs 2 28 of the affected organization, and can be secured without 2 29 significantly raising the costs associated with the purchase, 2 30 preference shall be given to the Iowa-based provider over that 2 31 of a provider existing outside the state. The bill provides 2 32 for certain exceptions to the preference provisions. 2 33 The bill provides that all requests made for bids and 2 34 requests for proposals for materials, products, supplies, 2 35 provisions, and other needed articles and services to be 3 1 purchased at public expense shall be made in such a way to 3 2 include an Iowa-based entity, should the sponsoring purchaser 3 3 be aware that such an entity exists and is capable of filling 3 4 the needs related to the bid or request. The bill provides 3 5 that all available efforts shall be made to accommodate the 3 6 acceptance of bids submitted from Iowa-based providers of 3 7 products and services that can satisfy the needs of purchasers 3 8 of the state. 3 9 The bill creates a reporting requirement for any 3 10 commission, board, committee, regents institution, or 3 11 department or agency of the state entering into a contract for 3 12 goods and services that exceeds $25,000. 3 13 LSB 6499HC 80 3 14 tm/gg/14
Text: HSB00676 Text: HSB00678 Text: HSB00600 - HSB00699 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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