House File 485 - ReprintedA Bill ForAn Act 1concerning state purchasing requirements relating to
2targeted small business procurement goals.
3BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1   Section 1.  Section 8A.311, subsection 10, paragraph a, Code
22019, is amended to read as follows:
   3a.  The director shall adopt rules providing that any state
4agency may, upon request and approval by the department,
5purchase directly from a vendor if the direct purchasing is
6more economical than purchasing through the department, if the
7agency shows that direct purchasing by the state agency would
8be in the best interests of the state due to an immediate or
9emergency need, or if the purchase will not exceed ten thousand
10dollars
 an amount, not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars,
11determined by the department by rule
and the purchase would
12contribute to the agency complying with the targeted small
13business procurement goals under sections 73.15 through 73.21.
14   Sec. 2.  Section 8A.311, subsection 10, Code 2019, is amended
15by adding the following new paragraph:
16   NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  By January 15 of each year, the
17department shall submit to the general assembly electronically
18an annual report of contracts awarded to targeted small
19businesses, as defined in section 15.102, in the previous
20fiscal year pursuant to paragraph “a” authorizing direct
21purchasing by a state agency if the purchase will not exceed
22an amount determined by the department by rule and would
23contribute to the agency complying with the targeted small
24business goals under sections 73.15 through 73.21.
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