SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2697
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)
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SENATE, December 27, 2018
The committee on Ways and Means to whom was referred the House Bill relative to state contracting (House, No. 4851); reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of Senate document numbered 2697.
For the committee,
Joan B. Lovely
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2697
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)
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SECTION 1. The first paragraph of section 27H of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- No agreement or contract providing for the cleaning and maintenance of public buildings or space rented by any state executive, legislative or judicial department, office, commission, board, bureau, institution, regional or independent authority or any instrumentality thereof shall be entered into or given unless the contract or agreement contains a stipulation requiring prescribed rates of wages, as determined by the commissioners, to be paid to the employees of the maintenance or cleaning contractor.
SECTION 2. Said section 27H of said chapter 149, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding the following paragraph:-
Any solicitation by a state department, office, commission, institution or regional authority contracting for cleaning and maintenance for any building shall include: (i) a statement of required hours; (ii) 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 (iii) 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.