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Council sought to simplify disclosure rules for non-competitively bid contracts and financial assistance.

Official:Amending Chapter 17-1400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Non-Competitively Bid Contracts; Financial Assistance," by requiring applicants for and recipients of non-competitively bid contracts and financial assistance to certify compliance with contract eligibility rules, and eliminating certain disclosure requirements for such applicants and recipients, all under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember Blackwell

Introduced: January 23, 2007

: Committee on Law and Government

finance procurement

No one voted on this bill

This bill was introduced in the 2004–2007 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.

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Plain-Language Summary

This bill requires applicants for non-competitively bid contracts and financial assistance to certify compliance with eligibility rules, and eliminates certain disclosure requirements.

What This Bill Does

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Applicants for and recipients of non-competitively bid contracts and financial assistance must certify compliance with contract eligibility rules.
Certain disclosure requirements for applicants and recipients are eliminated.
The Procurement Commissioner is required to develop procedures to ensure that non-competitively bid contracts are advertised and approved in a timely, efficient, and coordinated manner.
The Procurement Commissioner is also required to develop applications, certification forms, and procedures and guidelines to assist applicants, contractors, and disadvantaged business enterprises in complying with the provisions of Chapter 17-1400.