HB1210 Summary

• Requires procurement officers to conduct periodic performance evaluations of contractors and establish standardized evaluation criteria including technical quality, cost control, schedule/timeliness, management relations, and small business subcontracting compliance.

• Mandates past performance evaluation in all competitive sealed bids and contracts exceeding the small purchase threshold, and requires at least ten random past performance evaluations annually for competitive proposals.

• Establishes a five-tier rating system (Exceptional, Very Good, Satisfactory, Marginal, Unsatisfactory) with detailed definitions for contractor performance assessments on both state and federal contracts.

• Requires past performance consideration in sole source contract awards and allows contractors 14 days to submit rebuttal comments to evaluations before final agency determination.

• Sunsets June 30, 2026, and requires the state procurement office to submit preliminary reports to the legislature in 2022-2025 and a final report in 2026.