State procurement review finds misaligned rules, recommends rule and policy updates

A consultant presenting to the ALC-EXECUTIVE SUBCOMMITTEE on a state procurement review said the team's draft report will include 16 findings and 60 recommendations addressing misalignments between statute, rule and policy.

The draft report, the presenter said, reviewed statutes, rules, training materials and three example solicitations, and included nine interviews with 13 individuals from legislators, Office of State Procurement (OSP) staff and agency procurement professionals.

The report’s authors told the subcommittee their analysis found rules and policies that do not always align with statutory requirements and—where they are not aligned—create risk or confusion for procurement staff. "It is strictly a floor and not anything that is to be, to be treated as a standard and held at that level," the presenter said of the common 30% cost weighting used in many RFPs.

The consultant outlined…