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SB-159 California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program: goal achievement.(2015-2016)

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Amended  IN  Assembly  August 19, 2016
Amended  IN  Assembly  June 24, 2015
Amended  IN  Senate  March 23, 2015

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2015–2016 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 159

Introduced by Senator Nielsen
(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Weber)
(Coauthor: Senator Berryhill)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Arambula, Brough, Brown, Chu, Eduardo Garcia, Kim, and Mathis)

February 03, 2015

An act to amend Section 10111 of the Public Contract Code, relating to state government, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. government.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 159, as amended, Nielsen. California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program: goal achievement.
Existing law establishes statewide participation goals that apply to the overall dollar amount expended each year by an awarding department, as defined, to facilitate the participation of disabled veteran business enterprises in state contracts, and establishes the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program for this purpose. Existing law requires the Department of General Services to make available a report on contracting activity containing specified information, including a statistical summary detailing each awarding department’s goal achievement under the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program and a statewide total of those goals.
This bill would specify that an awarding department’s goal achievement under the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program, and statewide total of those goals, be measured as specified. The bill would also make a legislative finding that this bill is clarifying and declaratory of existing law.
This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 10111 of the Public Contract Code proposed by SB 1219 that would become operative if this bill and SB 1219 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Vote: TWO_THIRDSMAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 10111 of the Public Contract Code is amended to read:

10111.
 Commencing January 1, 2007, the department shall make available a report on contracting activity containing the following information:
(a) A listing of consulting services contracts that the state has entered into during the previous fiscal year. The listing shall include the following:
(1) The name and identification number of each contractor.
(2) The type of bidding entered into, the number of bidders, whether the low bidder was accepted, and if the low bidder was not accepted, an explanation of why another contractor was selected.
(3) The amount of the contract price.
(4) Whether the contract was a noncompetitive bid contract, and why the contract was a noncompetitive bid contract.
(5) Justification for entering into each consulting services contract.
(6) The purpose of the contract and the potential beneficiaries.
(7) The date when the initial contract was signed, and the date when the work began and was completed.
(b) The report shall also include a separate listing of consultant contracts completed during that fiscal year, with the same information specified in subdivision (a).
(c) The information specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall also include a list of any contracts underway during that fiscal year on which a change was made regarding the following:
(1) The completion date of the contract.
(2) The amount of money to be received by the contractor, if it exceeds 3 percent of the original contract price.
(3) The purpose of the contract or duties of the contractor. A brief explanation shall be given if the change in purpose is significant.
(d) The level of participation, by agency, of disabled veteran business enterprises in statewide contracting and shall include dollar values of contract award for the following categories:
(1) Construction.
(2) Architectural, engineering, and other professional services.
(3) Procurement of materials, supplies, and equipment.
(4) Information technology procurements.
Additionally, the report shall include a statistical summary detailing each awarding department’s goal achievement and a statewide total of those goals. An awarding department’s goal achievement is to be measured pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 999.2 of the Military and Veterans Code and subdivision (c) of Section 10115 of this code.
(e) The level of participation by small business in state contracting including:
(1) Upon request, an up-to-date list of eligible small business bidders by general procurement and construction contract categories, noting company names and addresses and also noting which small businesses also qualify as microbusinesses.
(2) By general procurement and construction contract categories, statistics comparing the small business and microbusiness contract participation dollars to the total state contract participation dollars.
(3) By awarding department and general procurement and construction categories, statistics comparing the small business and microbusiness contract participation dollars to the total state contract participation dollars.
(4) Any recommendations for changes in statutes or state policies to improve opportunities for small businesses and microbusinesses.
(5) A statistical summary of small businesses and microbusinesses certified for state contracting by the number of employees at the business for each of the following categories: 0–5, 26–50, 51–75, and 76–100.
(6) To the extent feasible, beginning in the year 2008, the number of contracts awarded by the department in the categories specified in paragraph (5).
(7) The number of contracts and dollar amounts awarded annually pursuant to Section 14838.5 of the Government Code to small businesses, microbusinesses, and disabled veteran business enterprises.
(f) The level of participation of business enterprises, by race, ethnicity, and gender of the owner, in contracts to the extent that the information has been voluntarily reported to the department. In addition, the report shall contain the levels of participation of business enterprises, by race, ethnicity, and gender of the owner, and whether the business is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender owned business for the following categories of contracts, to the extent that the information has been voluntarily reported to the department:
(1) Construction.
(2) Purchases of materials, supplies, or equipment.
(3) Professional services.
(g) In the years 2011 and 2012, any errors reported to the department by an awarding agency as required by Sections 10302, 10344, and 12104.5, in the previous fiscal year.
(h) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 861 of the Statutes of 2012 shall apply on and after January 1, 2013.

SEC. 1.5.

 Section 10111 of the Public Contract Code is amended to read:

10111.
 Commencing January 1, 2007, the department shall make available a report on contracting activity containing the following information:
(a) A listing of consulting services contracts that the state has entered into during the previous fiscal year. The listing shall include the following:
(1) The name and identification number of each contractor.
(2) The type of bidding entered into, the number of bidders, whether the low bidder was accepted, and if the low bidder was not accepted, an explanation of why another contractor was selected.
(3) The amount of the contract price.
(4) Whether the contract was a noncompetitive bid contract, and why the contract was a noncompetitive bid contract.
(5) Justification for entering into each consulting services contract.
(6) The purpose of the contract and the potential beneficiaries.
(7) The date when the initial contract was signed, and the date when the work began and was completed.
(b) The report shall also include a separate listing of consultant contracts completed during that fiscal year, with the same information specified in subdivision (a).
(c) The information specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall also include a list of any contracts underway during that fiscal year on which a change was made regarding the following:
(1) The completion date of the contract.
(2) The amount of money to be received by the contractor, if it exceeds 3 percent of the original contract price.
(3) The purpose of the contract or duties of the contractor. A brief explanation shall be given if the change in purpose is significant.
(d) The level of participation, by agency, of disabled veteran business enterprises in statewide contracting and shall include dollar values of contract award for the following categories:
(1) Construction.
(2) Architectural, engineering, and other professional services.
(3) Procurement of materials, supplies, and equipment.
(4) Information technology procurements.
Additionally, the report shall include a statistical summary detailing each awarding department’s goal achievement and a statewide total of those goals. An awarding department’s goal achievement is to be measured pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 999.2 of the Military and Veterans Code and subdivision (c) of Section 10115 of this code.
(e) The level of participation by small business in state contracting including:
(1) Upon request, an up-to-date list of eligible small business bidders by general procurement and construction contract categories, noting company names and addresses and also noting which small businesses also qualify as microbusinesses.
(2) By general procurement and construction contract categories, statistics comparing the small business and microbusiness contract participation dollars to the total state contract participation dollars.
(3) By awarding department and general procurement and construction categories, statistics comparing the small business and microbusiness contract participation dollars to the total state contract participation dollars.
(4) Any recommendations for changes in statutes or state policies to improve opportunities for small businesses and microbusinesses.
(5) A statistical summary of small businesses and microbusinesses certified for state contracting by the number of employees at the business for each of the following categories: 0–5, 26–50, 51–75, and 76–100.
(6) To the extent feasible, beginning in the year 2008, the number of contracts awarded by the department in the categories specified in paragraph (5).
(7) The number of contracts and dollar amounts awarded annually pursuant to Section 14838.5 of the Government Code to small businesses, microbusinesses, and disabled veteran business enterprises.
(f) The level of participation of business enterprises, by race, ethnicity, and gender of the owner, in contracts to the extent that the information has been voluntarily reported to the department. In addition, the report shall contain the levels of participation of business enterprises, by race, ethnicity, and gender of the owner, and whether the business is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender owned business for the following categories of contracts, to the extent that the information has been voluntarily reported to the department:
(1) Construction.
(2) Purchases of materials, supplies, or equipment.
(3) Professional services.
(g) In the years 2011 and 2012, any errors reported to the department by an awarding agency as required by Sections 10302, 10344, and 12104.5, in the previous fiscal year.
(h) The level of participation by employment social enterprises in state contracting, including the following:
(1) Upon request, an up-to-date list of eligible employment social enterprises bidders by general procurement and construction contract categories.
(2) By general procurement and construction contract categories, statistics comparing the employment social enterprises contract participation dollars to the total state contract participation dollars.
(3) By awarding department and general procurement and construction categories, statistics comparing the employment social enterprises contract participation dollars to the total state contract participation dollars.
(4) Any recommendations for changes in statutes or state policies to improve opportunities for employment social enterprises.
(5) The aggregate number of employees participating in employment social enterprises and verification of on-the-job and life skills training identified in subparagraph (D) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 14837 of the Government Code. This information shall be reported by categories, as established by the department.

(h)

(i) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this subdivision Chapter 861 of the Statutes of 2012 shall apply on and after January 1, 2013.

SEC. 2.

 The Legislature finds and declares that the amendments made by this act to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 10111 of the Public Contract Code are clarifying and declaratory of existing law.
SEC. 3.

This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:

(1)California State Auditor Report 2013-115 on the Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) Program found that during the 2012–13 fiscal year, 83 percent of the DVBE contract award amounts went to only 30 DVBE firms and that a lack of standardized reporting by awarding agencies may distort an assessment of whether the program is meeting the legislative intent.

(2)The California State Auditor’s Office recommended that in order to ensure accuracy and consistency in reporting requirements for the DVBE Program, it is necessary for the Legislature to clarify that an awarding department’s goal achievement under the DVBE Program is to be measured by the overall dollar amount expended each fiscal year.

(3)Since the DVBE Program comprises of a minimum of 3 percent of all state contracts awarded each fiscal year, which, according to the Department of General Services, was over $299 million for the 2013–14 fiscal year, the sheer magnitude of the program necessitates urgency in establishing accurate and consistent reporting across all awarding departments.

(4)For the above-mentioned reasons, it is necessary that this bill take effect immediately.

SEC. 3.

 Section 1.5 of this bill incorporates amendments to Section 10111 of the Public Contract Code proposed by both this bill and Senate Bill 1219. It shall only become operative if (1) both bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2017, (2) each bill amends Section 10111 of the Public Contract Code, and (3) this bill is enacted after Senate Bill 1219, in which case Section 1 of this bill shall not become operative.