SB 5572 — Providing oversight of the state procurement and contracting for information technology goods and services.

S-1673.2SUBSTITUTEZ-0253.1SENATE SENATE BILL 55725572State (Corrected Copy)State of Washington65th Legislature2017 Regular SessionBy Senate State Government (originally sponsored by Senators Hunt and Miloscia;

by request of Office of the Chief Information Officer)READOfficerRead FIRSTfirst TIMEtime 02/17/17.AN01/30/17. ACT Relating to oversight of the state procurement and contracting for information technology goods and services;

Referred to Committee on State Government.AN ACT Relating to oversight of the state procurement and contracting for information technology goods and services;

or(b) Is certified with the office of women and minority business enterprises under chapter 39.19 RCW.(23) "Sole source" means a contractor providing goods or services of such a unique nature or sole availability at the location required that the contractor is clearly and justifiably the only practicable source to provide the goods or services.(24) "Washington grown" has the definition in RCW 15.64.060.(25) "Information technology" has the definition in RCW 43.105.020.(26) "Office" means the office of the state chief information officer within the consolidated technology services agency.(27)agency.Sec. 3.  RCW "Excellence assessment" means an assessment of agency operational performance by a trained national or state examiner using an excellence framework published by the national institutes of standards and technology, United States department of commerce.Sec. 3.  RCW 39.26.050 and 2012 c 224 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:(1) In addition to the powers and duties provided in chapter 43.19 RCW, the department shall make available goods and services to support state agencies, and may enter into agreements with any other local or federal governmental agency or entity or a public benefit nonprofit organization, in compliance with RCW 39.34.055, and any tribes located in the state, to furnish such products and services as deemed appropriate by both parties.

The office has the authority to change or withdraw the delegated authority for the purchase of information technology goods and services;(6) ProvideDevelop excellenceprocurement assessmentspolicies ofand itsprocedures, informationsuch technologyas contractunbundled operationscontracting everyand twosubcontracting, years,that encourage and transmitfacilitate completedthe excellencepurchase assessmentsof goods and feedbackservices reportsfrom toWashington pertinentsmall legislativebusinesses, committeesmicrobusinesses, and minibusinesses, and minority and women-owned businesses to the officemaximum extent practicable and consistent with international trade agreement commitments;(7) Develop and implement an enterprise system for electronic procurement;(8) Provide for a commodity classification system and provide for the adoption of goods and services commodity standards;(9) Establish overall state policy for compliance by all agencies regarding:(a) Food procurement procedures and materials that encourage and facilitate the governor.(a)purchase Anof agency'sWashington excellencegrown assessmentfood scoreby measuresstate agencies and institutions to the agency'smaximum progressextent towardspracticable achievingand world-classconsistent performance.with international trade agreement commitments;

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When an agency achieves a sixty percent score, it must apply for a national institute of science and technology performance award.(b) An agency that:(i) Achieves the goal in (a) of this subsection is not required to conduct an excellence assessment every two years, but must conduct an excellence assessment at least every four years;

and(ii) Fails to achieve the goal in (a) of this subsection must achieve certification under an internationally recognized quality management system, such as ISO 9001, or its equivalent, within seven years of the first excellence assessment;(7) Develop procurement policies and procedures, such as unbundled contracting and subcontracting, that encourage and facilitate the purchase of goods and services from Washington small businesses, microbusinesses, and minibusinesses, and minority and women-owned businesses to the maximum extent practicable and consistent with international trade agreement commitments;(((7))) (8) Develop and implement an enterprise system for electronic procurement;(((8))) (9) Provide for a commodity classification system and provide for the adoption of goods and services commodity standards;(((9))) (10) Establish overall state policy for compliance by all agencies regarding:(a) Food procurement procedures and materials that encourage and facilitate the purchase of Washington grown food by state agencies and institutions to the maximum extent practicable and consistent with international trade agreement commitments;

and(b) Policies requiring all food contracts to include a plan to maximize to the extent practicable and consistent with international trade agreement commitments the availability of Washington grown food purchased through the contract;(((10))) (11) Develop guidelines and criteria for the purchase of vehicles, high gas mileage vehicles, and alternate vehicle fuels and systems, equipment, and materials, that reduce overall energy-related costs and energy use by the state, including investigations into all opportunities to aggregate the purchasing of clean technologies by state and local governments, and including the requirement that new passenger vehicles purchased by the state meet the minimum standards for passenger automobile fuel economy established by the United States secretary of transportation pursuant to the energy policy and conservation act (15 U.S.C.

and(((11)))and(11) (12) Develop and enact rules to implement the provisions of this chapter.Sec. 7.  RCW 39.26.110 and 2012 c 224 s 12 are each amended to read as follows:(1) The department must provide expertise and training on best practices for state procurement.