BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB
522 (Burke)
As Amended May 28, 2015
Majority vote
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|Committee |Votes |Ayes |Noes |
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|Accountability |9-0 |Salas, Lackey, | |
| | |Brough, Burke, | |
| | |Frazier, Beth | |
| | |Gaines, Irwin, | |
| | |Medina, Rodriguez | |
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|----------------+------+--------------------+----------------------|
|Appropriations |17-0 |Gomez, Bigelow, | |
| | |Bonta, Calderon, | |
| | |Chang, Daly, | |
| | |Eggman, Gallagher, | |
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| | | | |
| | |Eduardo Garcia, | |
| | |Gordon, Holden, | |
| | |Jones, Quirk, | |
| | |Rendon, Wagner, | |
| | |Weber, Wood | |
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SUMMARY: Requires the director of the California Department of
Technology (CalTech) to create and use a standardized contractor
performance assessment report system when awarding information
technology (IT) contracts and projects.
EXISTING LAW provides that CalTech is responsible for the approval
and oversight of specified IT projects.
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee: Special Fund costs for CalTech to develop and implement
the contractor assessment system, which would involve evaluating
contractor proposals (in light of past performance) and evaluating
performance upon conclusion of contracts should be absorbable.
Currently about 45 IT projects would be subject to the performance
evaluation.
COMMENTS: This bill requires CalTech to create an IT contractor
performance system by January 1, 2017. The system must include an
objective evaluation of the performance of the contractor and
information about the type of contract or project and if it was
completed on time. The system would also contain information
about the number of contracts or projects completed by the
contractor.
This bill charges CalTech with implementing the system and
requires its use, along with other existing procurement
procedures, when the state awards IT contracts or projects.
This bill specifies that the performance will be evaluated for IT
projects that are reportable under Chapter 4800 of the State
Administrative Manual. That chapter generally requires that large
state IT projects are overseen by CalTech.
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According to CalTech, the department is already working to create
an IT contractor performance system. Several IT vendors and IT
groups voiced support for the concept of establishing such a
system at an Accountability and Administrative Review hearing on
IT procurement in July 2014.
The author cites the state's past IT project difficulties in which
several projects were completed late and over budget. "Assembly
Bill 522 creates a report card for IT vendors and requires the
state's procurement process to take into account a bidder's past
performance when awarding projects," the author states. "This
bill will ensure that California has an accurate picture of the
vendor it is entering into contracts with by using the data
collected by the performance assessment in addition to other
procurement procedures to evaluate and award any future IT
contract or project."
Other governments use past contractor performance when assessing
potential vendors. The federal government has implemented the
Past Performance Information Retrieval System, a federal
government-wide repository of contractors' past performance that
is used to inform contracting decisions.
Analysis Prepared by: Scott Herbstman /
A. & A.R. / (916) 319-3600
FN: 0000690
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