Senate Bill No. 156
(By Senator Weeks)
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[Introduced January 16, 2006; referred to the Committee
on Government Organization; and then to Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §5A-3-5 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to adding the expected life of
product or commodity as factor in standard specifications for
state purchasing contracts.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §5A-3-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. PURCHASING DIVISION.
§5A-3-5. Purchasing section standard specifications--Promulgation
and adoption by director; applicable to all purchases.
The director shall promulgate and adopt standard
specifications based on scientific and technical data for
appropriate commodities, which shall establish the quality to which
such commodities to be purchased and services to be contracted for
by the state must conform. Standard specifications shall apply to every future purchase of or contract for the commodities described
in the specifications and shall include information relating to the
expected life of the product or commodity. The purchases of no
spending unit may be exempt from compliance with the standard
specifications so established, but the director whenever he deems
it necessary and advisable, may exempt therefrom the purchase of
particular items from the standard specifications if it is
considered necessary and advisable. The director shall update the
standard specifications, as necessary.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to add the expected life of
a product or commodity as a factor in standard specifications for
state purchasing contracts and determining the successful bidder.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.