SB 570

Currently, the Department of Administration (DOA) or any state agency to

which DOA delegates purchasing authority may contract for services if the services

can be performed more efficiently or economically by contract than by state

employees. Also, under current law, if a state agency enters into or renews a contract

for services that involves an estimated expenditure of more than $25,000, the agency

must conduct either a uniform cost-benefit analysis, for a new contract, or a

continued appropriateness review, for a contract renewal. This bill exempts from

this requirement services that federal or state law requires to be performed by

contract; services that are incidental to the purchase of a commodity; services that

are substantially dissimilar to services a state employee performs; and services that

must be provided per a contract, license, or warranty by the original equipment

manufacturer or publisher. Also, under the bill, no cost-benefit analysis or

continued appropriateness review may be conducted by contract and no cost-benefit

analysis may be shown to any bidder until a letter of intent to contract has been

issued.