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HI SCR59
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
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Only three percent of state contracts are awarded to women-owned architectural and engineering firms in Hawaii despite women comprising close to twenty percent of engineering graduates and over forty percent of architecture degree recipients.
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Urges all state departments and agencies, including the Department of Transportation, Department of Accounting and General Services, Department of Education, and University of Hawaii System, to duly consider women-, veteran-, and Native Hawaiian-owned businesses when awarding state contracts.
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Requests the Department of Transportation, Department of Accounting and General Services, Department of Education, and University of Hawaii System to submit a list to the Legislature by October 1, 2017, of all state contracts awarded to women-, veteran-, and Native Hawaiian-owned businesses in the preceding two years.
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Directs the State Procurement Office to transmit certified copies of the resolution to the chief procurement officer of each state department and agency.
Legislative Description
Urging All State Departments And Agencies To Duly Consider Women-, Veteran-, And Native Hawaiian-owned Businesses When Awarding State Contracts, And Requesting All State Departments And Agencies To Submit To The Legislature A List Of State Contracts Awarded In The Last Two Years To Women-, Veteran-, And Native Hawaiian-owned Businesses.
State Procurement Contracts
Last Action
Certified copies of resolutions sent, 05-30-17.
5/30/2017