Sec. 4e-9. Vendor and Citizen Advisory Panel. Established. Duties.
Sec. 4e-9. Vendor and Citizen Advisory Panel. Established. Duties. (a) There
shall be a Vendor and Citizen Advisory Panel comprised of fifteen members appointed
as follows: Three members by the Governor, two members by each of the following:
The speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority and minority leaders of the
House of Representatives, the president pro tempore of the Senate and the majority
and minority leaders of the Senate. No more than six vendors with state procurement
experience shall be on the panel and the remaining members shall have demonstrated
sufficient knowledge by education, training or experience in one or more of the following
areas: (1) Government procurement; (2) contract negotiation, drafting and management;
(3) contract risk assessment; (4) preparing requests for proposals, invitations to bid and
other procurement solicitations; (5) evaluating proposals, bids and quotations; (6) real
property transactions; (7) business insurance and bonding; (8) the state code of ethics;
(9) federal and state statutes, policies and regulations; (10) outsourcing and privatization
proposal analysis; (11) governmental taxation and finance; (12) small and minority
business enterprise development; (13) collective bargaining; and (14) human services,
provided such education, training or experience shall have been acquired over not less
than a continuous five-year period and within the ten-year period preceding such appointment. The chairperson of the panel shall be the Chief Procurement Officer, who
shall be an ex-officio member.
(b) The panel shall make recommendations to the board regarding best practices in
state procurement processes and project management as well as other issues pertaining
to stakeholders in the system.
(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 9.)
History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 effective January 1, 2009.