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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 in the Evaluation of Bids for Certain Service Contracts’
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.     For the following types of service contracts subject to this subchapter and advertised for competitive bidding, the criteria for scoring proposals must include criteria to evaluate 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.
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Central Services - Purchases 0004
 
Initiative: Provides funds for one Management Analyst II position and related costs to evaluate the economic impact of certain service contracts.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	1.000	1.000	
Personal Services	$66,198	$88,264	
All Other	$1,500	$1,500	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$67,698	$89,764	
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment is the minority report of the committee. The amendment strikes the bill and instead requires the use of scoring criteria to evaluate a bid's economic impact on Maine's economy and state revenues for competitively bid service contracts expected to exceed $100,000 in total value and competitively bid printing service contracts expected to exceed $5,000 in total value. The amendment also provides funding to the Department of Administrative and Financial Services for costs associated with the amendment.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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