Senate Bill S8498

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the debriefing of certain contracts

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S8498 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §163, St Fin L

2023-S8498 - Summary

Provides that an unsuccessful offerer may additionally request a written explanation comparable to such debriefing to be provided by mail or electronic mail, which the state agency shall provide within sixty days of the offerer's request for a written explanation; lengthens the period in which a debriefing shall be requested by the unsuccessful offerer and the length of time in which a state agency must respond from 15 days to 30 days.

2023-S8498 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8498 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8498
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 6, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and Contracts
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the debriefing  of
   certain contracts
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 9 of section 163  of  the  state
 finance  law  is  amended  by  adding  a new subparagraph (v) to read as
 follows:
   (V) THE STATE AGENCY, WITH OR WITHOUT REQUEST MADE BY THE UNSUCCESSFUL
 OFFERER, WILL SUBMIT, IN WRITING BY MAIL AND  ELECTRONIC  MAIL,  TO  THE
 UNSUCCESSFUL  OFFERER,  THE  SAME ANALYSIS THAT WOULD BE AFFORDED TO THE
 OFFERER SHOULD THEY HAVE PARTICIPATED  IN  THE  DEBRIEFING  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF THIS PARAGRAPH WITHIN SIXTY DAYS FROM THE DATE THE
 AGENCY DETERMINED THAT THE OFFER WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided however, that the amendments to  subdivision
 9  of  section  163 of the state finance law made by section one of this
 act shall not affect the repeal of such  section  and  shall  be  deemed
 repealed therewith.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14018-01-4



              

2023-S8498A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §163, St Fin L

2023-S8498A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that an unsuccessful offerer may additionally request a written explanation comparable to such debriefing to be provided by mail or electronic mail, which the state agency shall provide within sixty days of the offerer's request for a written explanation; lengthens the period in which a debriefing shall be requested by the unsuccessful offerer and the length of time in which a state agency must respond from 15 days to 30 days.

2023-S8498A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8498A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8498--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 6, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Procurement and  Contracts
   -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Commit-
   tee   on  Finance  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the debriefing  of
   certain contracts
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 9 of section 163  of  the  state
 finance  law,  as  amended by section 2-b of part F of chapter 57 of the
 laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   c. Where provided in the  solicitation,  state  agencies  may  require
 clarification  from offerers for purposes of assuring a full understand-
 ing of responsiveness to the solicitation requirements.  Where  provided
 for  in  the  solicitation, revisions may be permitted from all offerers
 determined to be susceptible of being selected for contract award, prior
 to award. Offerers shall be  accorded  fair  and  equal  treatment  with
 respect  to  their  opportunity for discussion and revision of offers. A
 state agency shall, upon request, provide a debriefing to any unsuccess-
 ful offerer that responded to a request for proposal  or  an  invitation
 for  bids,  regarding  the reasons that the proposal or bid submitted by
 the unsuccessful offerer was not selected for an award. The  opportunity
 for  an  unsuccessful offerer to seek a debriefing, AND THE AVAILABILITY
 OF A WRITTEN EXPLANATION, shall be stated in the solicitation.
   (i) A debriefing shall be requested by the unsuccessful offerer within
 [fifteen] THIRTY calendar days of release  by  the  state  agency  of  a
 notice  in  writing or electronically that the offerer's offer is unsuc-
 cessful.
   (ii) Such notice shall be provided to all unsuccessful offerers by the
 state agency for the specific procurement.
   (iii) The state agency, upon a request made  within  [fifteen]  THIRTY
 days  of release of the written or electronic notice from the unsuccess-
 ful offerer for a debriefing, shall schedule  the  debriefing  to  occur
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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