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Committee releases broad package to respond to disparity study; bills target outreach, reporting, bonding and procurement practices
Summary
The Community Development and Affairs Committee released a package of bills that together aim to increase participation by minority- and women-owned businesses in state contracting; the package includes measures on notifications to subcontractors, outreach events, recurring disparity studies, sheltered markets, bonded readiness and advance payments.
The Community Development and Affairs Committee released a suite of bills intended to address disparities in state contracting identified by a recent disparity study.
The package includes measures that would require state contracting units to take remedial steps (A4586), require prime contractors to notify listed subcontractors of paperwork and deadlines (A4719), establish recurring five-year disparity studies (A4721), create an Office of Supplier Diversity and Business Opportunities (A4723), set good-faith goals for awarding non-advertised and sheltered-market contracts (A4722, A4724, A4725), permit agencies to make advance…
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