HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1967        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1660

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Claire D. Cronin

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to state contracting.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Claire D. Cronin

11th Plymouth

1/19/2017

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/19/2017

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

1/19/2017

Diana DiZoglio

14th Essex

1/19/2017

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/19/2017

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

1/19/2017

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

1/19/2017

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/19/2017

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

1/19/2017

Daniel Cahill

10th Essex

1/19/2017

Thomas P. Walsh

12th Essex

1/19/2017

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

1/19/2017

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/19/2017

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/19/2017

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

1/19/2017

Gerard Cassidy

9th Plymouth

1/19/2017

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/19/2017

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/19/2017

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

1/19/2017

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Nick Collins

4th Suffolk

1/19/2017

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

1/19/2017

Evandro C. Carvalho

5th Suffolk

1/19/2017

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

1/19/2017

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

1/19/2017

Natalie Higgins

4th Worcester

1/19/2017

Daniel Cullinane

12th Suffolk

1/19/2017

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

1/19/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1967        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1660

 

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2726 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act relative to state contracting.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 7 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 22O the following new section:-

Section 22P.  Any state department, office, commission, institution, authority, or regional authority contracting for cleaning, maintenance or security guard services in any buildings shall abide by section 27H of chapter 149 and any rules promulgated thereunder. Any procurement bid or offer with the operational services division or any other state procurement agent that does not follow the requirements under this section and any rules promulgated under this section is a nonresponsive bid or offer. Any contract entered into by any department, office, commission, institution or regional authority, after the effective date of this section, shall be void if it is not in compliance with this section and section 27H of chapter 149.  Any solicitation by a state department, office, commission, institution or regional authority contracting for cleaning, maintenance or security guard services in any building shall include (1) a statement of required hours; and (2) a worksheet requiring a breakdown of the cost components of the hourly proposed rate as developed by the Executive Office for Administration and Finance or its designee; and (3) a provision for annual adjustments to the contract price to reflect increases to wage and benefits requirements as determined by the director of the department of labor standards.

SECTION 2 Section 27H of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking, in lines 1 and 2, the words "the cleaning and maintenance of” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “cleaning, maintenance or security guard services in”, and inserting, after the word "maintenance", on line 6, the following words: “, security guard”.