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General
Services Department (GSD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Senate Floor Amendment #1
The Senate Floor Amendment to House Joint
Memorial 69 streamlines the discussion in the introductory section of the joint
memorial by striking:
1.
On page 1, lines 21 through 25.
2.
On page 2, lines 1 through 11.
3.
On page 2, lines 15 through 18
In addition, the Senate deletes the Associated General
Contractors – New Mexico Building Branch from the task force.
Synopsis
of SCOR Amendments
The Senate Corporations and Transportation
Committee Amendments to House Joint Memorial 69 added three additional members
to be invited to participate in the task force to review and recommend changes
to the “Design and Build” provisions of the Procurement Code: the Rio Grande chapter of the associated
builders and contractors, the American subcontractors association of New
Mexico, and the northern New Mexico independent electrical contractors association.
Synopsis
of Original Bill
House Joint Memorial 69 requests the Purchasing
Division (PD) of the GSD to convene a task force made up of government and
industry parties to review and recommend changes to the “Design and Build”
provisions of the Procurement Code. HJM
69 further requests that the task force review other construction provisions of
the Procurement Code and the Public Works section of Chapter 13, Laws of New
Mexico to bring them more in line with neighboring states and the national
trend in procurement methodology for construction projects
Significant
Issues
The task force is requested to report its findings and
recommendations, if any, to the Governor and members of the Legislature by
GSD/ PD believes the
study would be valuable for the following reasons:
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
Indeterminate. There could be some travel related costs for GSD and other state agency staff due to the possibility of having task force meetings at different locations around the state.
AMENDMENTS
On page 4, line 6 replace “October” and insert
in lieu thereof the word “December”.