Int. No. 548
By Council Members Jackson, Clarke, Comrie, Gennaro, Gerson, Jennings, Koppell, Lopez, Perkins, Quinn, Stewart and Yassky
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter in relation to competitive sealed proposals.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. The New York city charter is amended by amending section 319 to read as follows:
§319. Competitive sealed proposals. In accordance with section three hundred seventeen, proposals may be solicited through a request for proposals with award to the responsible offeror whose proposal is determined to be the most advantageous to the city, taking into consideration the price and such other factors or criteria as are set forth in the request for proposals. No other factors or criteria shall be used in the evaluation and award of the contract except those specified in the request for proposals. Discussions may be conducted with responsible offerors who submit proposals, provided that offerors shall be accorded fair treatment with respect to any opportunity for discussion and revision of the proposals. The selected offeror shall have a minimum of five business days to review the final contract document before returning an executed copy to the agency.
§ 2. This local law shall take effect 45 days after its enactment.