Provides that certain purchase contracts can be awarded to a qualified bidder who fulfills certain standards when such bid is not more than 10% higher than the lowest responsible bidder
Summary
Provides that certain purchase contracts can be awarded to a qualified bidder who fulfills certain values based procurement standards when such bid is not more than 10% higher than the lowest responsible bidder and when the bidder makes publicly available data on where such bidder sources their food items; sets forth the criteria for values based procurement standards to include local economies, environmental sustainability, valued workforce, valued agricultural workforce, animal welfare, nutrition, and racial equity.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Dec 13, 2021
Last action Jan 5, 2022
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Total actions
2
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Committee
2
Jan 5, 2022
Committee
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
lower
Dec 13, 2021
Committee
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
DDemocratic
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