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Sixty-first General Assembly
LLS NO. 980219.01 JAG
HOUSE BILL 981116
STATE OF COLORADO
BY REPRESENTATIVE Pankey;
also SENATOR Ament.
REREVISED
TRANSPORTATION & ENERGY
A BILL FOR AN ACT
CONCERNING THE ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS
ON THE AWARDING OF CONTRACTS TO PROVIDE BUS SERVICE WITHIN THE
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT.
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced
and does not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently
adopted.)
Regarding the awarding of contracts to provide bus service within the regional transportation district (RTD):
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. 329119.5 (3) (e), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
329119.5. Competition to
provide bus service within the regional transportation district.
(3) (e) (I) With respect to each request
for proposals, the district shall award the contract to the technically
qualified provider whose responsive proposal offers the lowest
cost to the district. Except as provided
in subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (e), no one provider shall
receive contracts covering more than fifty percent of the vehicle
hours subject to such requests. With respect to awards made on
or after the effective date of this act, the district shall not
accept a proposal from a provider, which proposal covers fifty
percent or more of the vehicle hours contracted by the district.
Each contract shall be effective not later than ninety days after
its award. If the district determines that no responsive proposals
are received for a request for proposals or that the proposals
submitted would not be in the best interests of the district to
accept, the district may solicit
new proposals for REJECT
SUCH PROPOSALS AND MAY, IN ITS DISCRETION, SOLICIT NEW PROPOSALS
FOR the designated service in accordance
with the provisions of this section.
(II) If the
district does not receive a sufficient number of proposals from
technically qualified providers to award contracts in compliance
with the fifty percent limitation provided for in subparagraph
(I) of this paragraph (e) or if all proposals received from technically
qualified providers, other than the proposal submitted by the
technically qualified provider that is the lowest bidder, contain
bids that are five percent or higher than the amount bid by the
lowest bidder, the district may:
(A) Award a contract to the technically
qualified provider that submits the lowest bid for an agreed upon
number of hours up to fifty percent of the total number of hours
to be contracted by the district and rebid the remaining hours;
or
(B) Award a contract to the technically
qualified provider that submits the lowest bid for an agreed upon
number of hours up to fifty percent of the total number of hours
to be contracted by the district and include an addendum to the
contract awarding all or an additional agreed upon percentage
of the remaining number of hours to that provider on such terms
and conditions as agreed to by the district and the provider and
rebid the remaining hours, if any.
SECTION 2. Effective date applicability. (1) This act shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the ninetyday period after final adjournment of the general assembly that is allowed for submitting a referendum petition pursuant to article V, section 1 (3) of the state constitution; except that, if a referendum petition is filed against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part, if approved by the people, shall take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by proclamation of the governor.
(2) The provisions of this act shall apply
to contracts awarded or proposals received on or after the applicable
effective date of this act.