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Enhancing California State Procurement Practices Report

Consultant report highlights issues like protests, delays, and inefficiencies. Recommendations stress uniformity in purchasing policies and procedures, centralizing development, addressing organizational efficiencies, and promoting legislative changes.

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Enhancing California State Procurement Practices Report

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  1. New Directions for California State Procurement Jack Friery, Esq.

  2. Consultant Report to California DGS • Perceived problems: • Increased protests • Delayed projects • Inefficient workflow • DGS issued contract to consultant • Result: Review and Analysis ofUniform Purchasing Practices (Aug 03)

  3. Summary of Report • Calls for uniformity in state purchasing procedures for • Goods • Services • IT/Telecommunications

  4. Summary (con’t) • Centralize development of purchasing policy (but not major code reform) • Develop uniform purchasing procedures (avoid customized and arbitrary approaches) • DGS declare the State Contracting manual as the single purchasing manual

  5. Summary (con’t) • Address organizational efficiencies (DGS should create dedicated policy & procedures office) • Initiate legislative changes • All procurement through DGS • Add incentive contracting for goods, services, & IT • Clarify OCI

  6. Summary (con’t) • Address individual purchasing issues • Standardized contract models (RFP/IFB/CMAS) • Policies for performance specs • Simplify reviews and approvals • Simplify delegations • Capture lessons learned

  7. ABA Involvement • Input to consultant’s analysis & reviewed draft • Recommended ABA Model Procurement Code • Commenting on consultant’s final report through ad hoc committee (ongoing) • Effect of new Administration?

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