Amendment ID: S2231-10

Amendment 10

State Contracting

Messrs. Donnelly, Keenan and McGee, Ms. Jehlen and Mr. Michael O. Moore move to amend the amendment by inserting after section __, the following new sections:-

“SECTION __. Chapter 7 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after section 22O the following section:-

Section 22P. Any state department, office, commission, institution 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 with the operational services division or any other state procurement agent that does not follow the requirements of this section or any rules promulgated hereunder shall be deemed a nonresponsive bid.  Any contract entered into by any department, office, commission, institution or regional authority, shall be void if it is not in compliance with this section and section 27H of chapter 149.

SECTION __. Section 27H of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, 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.

SECTION __. Said section 27H of said chapter 149, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "maintenance", in line 6, the following words:- , security guard.”