HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1239        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3117

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Steven Ultrino and Carmine Lawrence Gentile

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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 to enhance cooperative purchasing opportunities for cities and towns.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/11/2023

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/18/2023

Patrick M. O'Connor

First Plymouth and Norfolk

2/10/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/15/2023

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

2/21/2023

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

2/21/2023

John Barrett, III

1st Berkshire

2/21/2023

Samantha Montaño

15th Suffolk

2/27/2023

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

3/6/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1239        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3117

By Representatives Ultrino of Malden and Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3117) of Steven Ultrino, Carmine Lawrence Gentile and others for legislation to further regulate public procurement.  State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act to enhance cooperative purchasing opportunities for cities and towns.

 

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. Section 22 of chapter 30B of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the first paragraph, the following paragraph: -

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of this Chapter, public procurement units that conduct a cooperative purchasing agreement may award contracts to multiple offerors through a request for proposals if their chief procurement officer determines that doing so is in the best interests of the parties to the cooperative purchasing agreement.