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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Include the Economic Impact on the State as a Factor To Consider During the Evaluation of Competitively Bid Service Contracts over $100,000 and Printer Service Contracts over $5,000’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1.  5 MRSA §1825-B, sub-§15  is enacted to read:
 
15.  Economic impact considerations.     The following service contracts established under this subchapter and advertised for competitive bid must include scoring criteria to evaluate a bidder's economic impact on the State's economy and revenues:
 
A.  Service contracts expected to exceed $100,000 in total value; and
 
B. Printing service contracts expected to exceed $5,000 in total value.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment is the minority report of the committee. It requires the use of scoring criteria on service contracts expected to exceed $100,000 and printing service contracts expected to exceed $5,000 to evaluate a bidder's economic impact on Maine's economy and state revenues.