BILL NUMBER: AB 522	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 31, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 28, 2015

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

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2015

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 522, as amended, 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 requires specified contracts for the acquisition of
information technology projects to be made by or under the
supervision of the Department of Technology. 
   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
  requires,   unless otherwise expressly
provided,  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 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 reportable to the
Department of Technology, as provided. The bill would require the
Director of Technology to implement that evaluation system for all
reportable 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
Technology shall develop a standardized contractor performance
assessment report system to evaluate the performance of a contractor
on any information technology contract or project reportable under
Chapter 4800 of the State Administrative Manual entered into pursuant
to this chapter.
   (2) The contractor performance assessment report system shall
include, but is not limited to,  multiple evaluations before the
final evaluation, a minimum 30-day response period for the contractor
to respond to the final evaluation,  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 Technology shall implement the contractor performance assessment
report system for all information technology contracts and projects
reportable under Chapter 4800 of the State Administrative Manual
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.