BILL NUMBER: AB 522	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Burke
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Frazier and Salas)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2015

   An act to add Section 12107 to the Public Contracts Code, relating
to public contracts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 522, as introduced, Burke. Public contracts: information
technology: contractor performance assessment report.
   Existing law establishes in state government the Department of
Technology within the Government Operations Agency. Existing law
provides that the Department of Technology is responsible for the
approval and oversight of specified information technology projects.
   Existing law sets forth requirements for the acquisition of goods
and services by state agencies and sets forth the various
responsibilities of the Department of General Services and other
state agencies in overseeing and implementing state contracting
procedures and policies. Existing law generally requires that all
contracts for the acquisition of information technology goods or
services be made by or under the supervision of the Department of
General Services.
   This bill would require the Director of General Services and the
Director of Technology by January 1, 2017, to develop a standardized
contractor performance assessment report system to evaluate the
performance of a contractor on any information technology contract or
project, as provided. The bill would also require the Director of
General Services and the Director of Technology to implement that
evaluation system for all subsequent information technology contracts
and projects, and would require that system to be used in addition
to any other procurement procedures when evaluating or awarding those
contracts or projects.
   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 12107 is added to the Public Contract Code, to
read:
   12107.  (a) (1) On or before January 1, 2017, the Director of
General Services and the Director of Technology shall develop a
standardized contractor performance assessment report system to
evaluate the performance of a contractor on any technology contract
or project entered into pursuant to this chapter.
   (2) The contractor performance assessment report system shall
include, but is not limited to, an objective evaluation of the
performance of the contractor, information about the type of contract
or project and whether or not that contract or project was completed
on time, and information about the number of completed contracts or
projects by the contractor.
   (b) (1) Upon the development of the contractor performance
assessment report system described in subdivision (a), the Director
of General Services and the Director of Technology shall implement
the contractor performance assessment report system for all
information technology contracts and projects entered into pursuant
to this chapter.
   (2) The contractor performance assessment report system shall, in
addition to any other applicable information technology procurement
procedures, be utilized to evaluate and award any information
technology contract or project awarded pursuant to this chapter.