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State Fiscal Accountability Authority seeks $9.5M for procurement platform and recurring staffing to speed contracts
Summary
Grant Gillespie told the subcommittee the State Fiscal Accountability Authority is requesting $9.5 million in nonrecurring funds to finish a web-based procurement system integrated with SKIS, plus recurring resources (about $3 million) for contract administration, $800,000 for procurement training (six FTEs), and $150,000 for AI compliance tools.
Grant Gillespie, executive of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, told a legislative subcommittee the authority has a rare set of funding requests aimed at modernizing procurement and improving contract oversight.
Gillespie described a $9.5 million nonrecurring request to complete a web-based procurement system integrated with the state's SKIS platform. "The amount is for 9 and a half million dollars," he said, and added that most completion work and integration would occur in fiscal year 2027 with a final deadline in September 2027.
He outlined recurring requests totaling just under $3 million to stand up a contract-administration team to monitor existing contracts (the authority manages roughly 3,400 contracts, about 2,100 of which are state contracts), an $800,000 recurring request to fund six FTEs to expand procurement training and agency support, and an enhanced auditing team to expand audit coverage beyond certified agencies. Gillespie also asked for $150,000 for an AI function to assist with contract-negotiation benchmarking and P-card compliance monitoring.
Gillespie said changes to a P-card proviso (Proviso 104.1) mostly update reporting dates and that the authority recently provided its P-card compliance report to the authority. Committee members asked clarifying questions about integration with the SKIS upgrade and whether the recurring staffing and audits would speed procurements; Gillespie said the measures are intended to free procurement managers to focus on faster solicitations while improving oversight and compliance.
No vote was taken on the requests; committee members thanked Gillespie and his staff and indicated they would follow up as needed.
