1st Sub. S.B. 114
         CONTESTING PUBLIC PROCUREMENTS

Senate Floor Amendments

Amendment 2 February 22, 2012 2:22 PM



Senator Wayne L. Niederhauser proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 12, Line 349 :    

             349          (viii) [an employee of a local district] two
{   representative   }        representatives       of local districts or special


2.    Page 14, Line 401 :    

             401      governing body of the local public procurement
  unit       , or a designee of either;


3.    Page 14, Lines 405 through 410 :    

             405          [(1) Any] (2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), a person who is an actual or
             406      prospective bidder, offeror, or contractor who is aggrieved in connection with the solicitation
             407      or award of a contract may protest to the
{   chief procurement officer or, if the solicitation or

             408      award of the contract is the responsibility of a purchasing agency, the head of [a] the
             409      purchasing agency   }
  protest officer       [. A protest], by filing the protest in writing, with the      {   chief procurement

             410      officer or the head of the purchasing agency   }
  protest officer       as follows:


4.    Page 15, Lines 430 through 433 :    

             430          (4) A person who is debarred or suspended under this chapter may protest the
             431      debarment or suspension to the
{   chief procurement officer or the head of the purchasing agency   }        protest officer      

             432      that ordered the debarment, as applicable, within seven days after the day on which the
             433      debarment or suspension is ordered.

5.    Page 15, Lines 437 through 443 :    

             437          (6) A person described in Subsection (2), (3), or (4) who fails to timely file a protest
             438      under this section may not bring a protest, action, or appeal challenging a solicitation or award
             439      of a contract, or a debarment or suspension, before the
{   chief procurement officer, the head of a

             440      purchasing agency   }
  protest officer       , an appeals panel, a court, or any other forum.

             441          (7) Subject to the applicable requirements of Section 63G-10-403 ,
{   the chief

             442      procurement officer, the head of a purchasing agency, or a designee of either   }
  a protest officer, or the protest officer's designee       , may enter into a

             443
     settlement agreement to resolve a protest.

6.    Page 16, Line 472 through Page 17, Line 491 :    

             472          (2) for a protest under Section 63G-6-801 or an appeal under Section 63G-6-807 :
             473          (a) the chief procurement officer, after consultation with the
{   Attorney General's Office   }        attorney general's office      

             474      and the head of the using agency [or the head of a purchasing agency], makes a written
             475      determination that [the] award of the contract without delay is necessary to protect substantial
             476      interests of the state[.];
             477          (b) the head of the purchasing agency, after consultation with the
{   Attorney General's

             478      Office   }
  attorney general's office       , makes a written determination that award of the contract without delay is necessary to

             479      protect substantial interests of the state; or
             480          (c) for a local public procurement unit that is not represented by the attorney general's
             481      office, the local public procurement unit, after consulting with the attorney for the local public
             482      procurement unit, makes a written determination that award of the contract without delay is
             483      necessary to protect substantial interests of the local public procurement unit; or
             484          (3) for an appeal under Section 63G-6-815 , or an appeal to a higher court than district
             485      court:
             486          (a) the chief procurement officer, after consultation with the
{   Attorney General's Office   }        attorney general's office      

             487      and the head of the using agency, makes a written determination that award of the contract
             488      without delay is in the best interest of the state;
             489          (b) the head of the purchasing agency, after consultation with the
{   Attorney General's

             490      Office   }
  attorney general's office       , makes a written determination that award of the contract without delay is in the best

             491      interest of the state; or

7.    Page 17, Line 517 :    

             517          
{   The chief procurement officer, the head of a purchasing agency, or a designee of either   }        A protest officer, or the protest officer's designee,      


8.    Page 18, Line 546 :    

             546          (f) The records described in Subsections (2)
{   (e) and (f)   }        (d) and (e)       may not be destroyed until the


9.    Page 18, Lines 551 through 552 :    

             551          [(1)] (3)
{   The chief procurement officer, the head of a purchasing agency, or the

             552
     designee of either   }
  A protest officer, or the protest officer's designee       [officer], shall promptly issue a written decision regarding any protest,


10.    Page 21, Lines 626 through 627 :    

             626          (ii) mail, email, or hand-deliver the written decision on the appeal to the parties to the
             627      appeal
{   , the chief procurement officer, and the head of the applicable purchasing agency   }        and to the protest officer       .


11.    Page 21, Lines 637 through 645 :    

             637          (c) shall uphold the decision of the
{   chief procurement officer or the head of the

             638      purchasing agency   }
  protest officer       , unless the decision is arbitrary and capricious or clearly erroneous.

             639          (7) If a procurement appeals panel determines that the decision of the
{   chief

             640      procurement officer or the head of the purchasing agency   }
  protest officer       is arbitrary and capricious or clearly

             641      erroneous, the procurement appeals panel:
             642          (a) shall remand the matter to the
{   chief procurement officer or the head of the

             643      purchasing agency, as applicable,   }
  protest officer       to cure the problem or render a new decision;

             644          (b) may recommend action that the
{   chief procurement officer or the head of the

             645      purchasing agency   }
  protest officer       should take; and


12.    Page 23, Lines 685 through 707 :    

             685          (3) The chair of the
{   procurement policy board   }        Procurement Policy Board       shall dismiss a protest filed under

             686      Section 63G-6-807 if the actual or prospective bidder, offeror, or contractor fails to timely pay
             687      the security deposit or post the bond required under Subsection (1).
             688          (4) The chair of the
{   procurement policy board   }        Procurement Policy Board       shall:

             689          (a) retain the security deposit or bond until the protest and any appeal of the protest
             690      decision is final;
             691          (b) as it relates to a security deposit:
             692          (i) deposit the security deposit into an interest-bearing account; and
             693          (ii) after any appeal of the protest decision becomes final, return the security deposit
             694      and the interest it accrues to the person who paid the security deposit, unless the security
             695      deposit is forfeited to the
{   general fund   }        General Fund       under Subsection (5); and

             696          (c) as it relates to a bond:
             697          (i) retain the bond until the protest and any appeal of the protest decision becomes
             698      final; and
             699          (ii) after the protest and any appeal of the protest decision becomes final, return the

             700      bond to the person who posted the bond, unless the bond is forfeited to the
{   general fund   }        General Fund       under

             701      Subsection (5).
             702          (5) A security deposit that is paid, or a bond that is posted, under this section shall
             703      forfeit to the
{   general fund   }        General Fund       if:

             704          (a) the person who paid the security deposit or posted the bond fails to ultimately
             705      prevail on appeal; and
             706          (b) the procurement appeals panel finds that the protest or appeal is frivolous or that its
             707      primary purpose is to harass or cause a delay.

13.    Page 25, Lines 740 through 741 :    

             740          (a) recommended by the
{   chief procurement officer or the head of the purchasing

             741      agency   }
  protest officer       involved; and


14.    Page 25, Line 752 :    

             752          (5) The district court shall
{   also   } have original jurisdiction in a cause of action between a


15.    Page 28, Line 858 :    

             858          (2) All appeals made to the Procurement Appeals Board on or after February 2, 2012
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