South Carolina General Assembly

122nd Session, 2017-2018

H. 4591

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill

Sponsors: Reps. D.C.Moss, Bryant, Delleney, McCravy, Spires, Felder, Johnson, Martin, Murphy, Blackwell, Hixon, Pitts, Pope, G.M.Smith, Erickson and Ridgeway

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Introduced in the House on January 10, 2018

Currently residing in the House Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry

Summary: Resident vendor preferences

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

DateBodyAction Description with journal page number

1/10/2018HouseIntroduced and read first time (House Journalpage53)

1/10/2018HouseReferred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry (House Journalpage54)

3/8/2018HouseCommittee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry (House Journalpage111)

3/20/2018HouseDebate adjourned until Wed., 32118 (House Journalpage48)

3/21/2018HouseRequests for debateRep(s).White, Gagnon, Hill, West, Thayer, Putnam, Toole, Bernstein, JE Smith, Hiott, Brown, Young, Hamilton, Forrester, Bradley, Martin, Anderson, Blackwell, Loftis, King, Ott, Whitmire (House Journalpage36)

4/3/2018HouseMember(s) request name added as sponsor: Erickson, Ridgeway

4/4/2018HouseDebate adjourned until Thur., 4518 (House Journalpage75)

4/11/2018HouseRecommitted to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry (House Journalpage19)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/10/2018

3/8/2018

Indicates Matter Stricken

Indicates New Matter

COMMITTEE REPORT

March 8, 2018

H.4591

Introduced by Reps. D.C.Moss, Bryant, Delleney, McCravy, Spires, Felder, Johnson, Martin, Murphy, Blackwell, Hixon, Pitts, Pope and G.M.Smith

S. Printed 3/8/18--H.

Read the first time January 10, 2018.

THE COMMITTEE ON

LABOR, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

To whom was referred a Bill (H.4591) to amend Section 11351524, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to resident vendor preferences under the consolidated procurement code so as to provide that, etc., respectfully

REPORT:

That they have duly and carefully considered the same and recommend that the same do pass with amendment:

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting all after the enacting words and inserting:

/ SECTION1.Section 11351524(D)(1) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

“(1)When evaluating pricing for purposes of making an award determination, the procurement officer shall decrease a bidder’s price by two percent if:

(a)the bidder has a documented commitment from a single proposed firsttier subcontractor to perform some portion of the services expressly required by the solicitation; and

(b)at the time of the bidding, the subcontractor directly employs or has a documented commitment with individuals domiciled in South Carolina that will perform services expressly required by the solicitation and the total direct labor cost to the subcontractor for those individuals to provide those services exceeds twenty percent of bidder’s total bid price; or

(b)the bidder is a business owned by a servicedisabled veteran residing in this State. For purposes of this section, ‘servicedisabled veteran” means a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable disability or death, that such disability was incurred or aggravated in line of duty in the active military, naval, or air service.”

SECTION2.This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.

WILLIAM E. SANDIFER III for Committee.

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ABILL

TO AMEND SECTION 11351524, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO RESIDENT VENDOR PREFERENCES UNDER THE CONSOLIDATED PROCUREMENT CODE SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A BUSINESS OWNED BY A SERVICEDISABLED VETERAN RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL RECEIVE A FIVE PERCENT PREFERENCE THROUGH THE USE OF SETASIDES ON CONTRACT AWARDS WHERE THE AWARDING PROCUREMENT OFFICER DETERMINES THE BUSINESS IS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED TO PERFORM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONTRACT.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION1.Section 11351524 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

“(F)In awarding contracts for bids of any amount under the provisions of this section, if one or more of the bidders is a business owned by a servicedisabled veteran residing in this State, which otherwise is qualified to perform the requirements of the contract in the determination of the awarding procurement officer, at least five percent of the dollar amount of the contract award must be set aside for and awarded to the business owned by the servicedisabled veteran where its bid is within ten percent of the bid of the lowest responsive bidder. If more than one such business meets these requirements, the five percent setaside must be equally divided among all of these businesses. Nothing herein prevents the entire contract from being awarded to a business owned by a servicedisabled veteran if it is the low bidder for the contract.”

SECTION2.This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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