BILL NUMBER: SB 1265	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hueso

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to add Section 14842.7 to the Government Code, relating to
public contracts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1265, as introduced, Hueso. Public contracts: small business
participation: pilot program.
   The Small Business Procurement and Contract Act permits a state
agency to award a contract for goods, services, or information
technology with a value of between $5,000 and $250,000 to a certified
small business, including a microbusiness, or to a disabled veteran
business enterprise, without complying with specified competitive
bidding requirements, as long as the state agency obtains price
quotations from two or more certified small businesses or from two or
more disabled veteran business ecterprises.
   This bill would require the Department of General Services to
develop a pilot program to increase supplier competition for
contracts under the act for the procurement of goods. The bill would
require the department, in developing the pilot program, to ensure
that a streamlined procurement process for contracts with
state-certified small business or disabled veterans business
enterprises continues, while increasing the opportunities for
certified small businesses to compete for those contracting
opportunities.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 14842.7 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   14842.7.  The department shall develop a pilot program to increase
supplier competition for contracts under this chapter for the
procurement of goods. The department, in developing the pilot
program, shall ensure that the streamlined procurement process for
contracts with state-certified small business or disabled veterans
business enterprises, known as the SB/DVBE Option, continues, while
increasing the opportunities for certified small businesses to
compete for those contracting opportunities. As used in this section,
"goods" excludes information technology.