File #: Int 0732-2024    Version: * Name: Requiring the city chief procurement officer to conduct evaluations of non-profit programming.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Contracts
On agenda: 3/19/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the city chief procurement officer to conduct evaluations of non-profit programming
Sponsors: Althea V. Stevens, Kevin C. Riley, Sandy Nurse, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Mercedes Narcisse, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Farah N. Louis, Amanda Farías, Nantasha M. Williams, Chi A. Ossé, Chris Banks, Diana I. Ayala, Rita C. Joseph, Julie Menin, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Shahana K. Hanif
Council Member Sponsors: 16
Summary: This bill would require the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services (“MOCS”) to hire independent non-profit evaluators to determine the effectiveness of the city’s non-profit programming on non-profit contracts valued at $1 million dollars or more, and produce an annual report on such evaluations.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 732, 2. Int. No. 732, 3. March 19, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 3-19-24, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - March 19, 2024

Int. No. 732

 

By Council Members Stevens, Riley, Nurse, Gutiérrez, Narcisse, De La Rosa, Louis, Farías, Williams, Ossé, Banks, Ayala, Joseph, Menin, Brooks-Powers and Hanif

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the city chief procurement officer to conduct evaluations of non-profit programming

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

     

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 6 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 6-148 to read as follows:

§ 6-148 Evaluation of non-profit programming. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

City chief procurement officer. The term "city chief procurement officer" means the person to whom the mayor has delegated authority to coordinate and oversee the procurement activity of mayoral agency staff, including the agency chief contracting officers and any offices that have oversight responsibility for procurement.

Non-profit evaluator. The term "non-profit evaluator" means a third-party entity hired by the city chief procurement officer to evaluate the performance of a non-profit organization's programs.

b. The city chief procurement officer shall require all non-profit organizations with contracts of one million dollars or more for the provision of services to undergo periodic program evaluations. Such evaluations shall be conducted by independent non-profit evaluators, the frequency of which shall be determined by the city chief procurement officer.

c. A non-profit evaluator’s program evaluations shall, at a minimum, assess the non-profit organization's performance in achieving its goals and objectives, as well as its compliance with contract requirements. Such evaluations shall include comprehensive indicators of success, including participant and community feedback.

d. The city chief procurement officer shall establish procedures for enforcing the provisions of this local law, including procedures for notifying nonprofit organizations of deficiencies identified during program evaluations and providing opportunities for corrective action.

e. The city chief procurement officer shall compile and maintain a report of all program evaluations conducted pursuant to this local law. Such report shall include, at a minimum, the results of each evaluation, including any recommendations for improvement and any actions taken by the nonprofit organization to address deficiencies. 

f. Beginning January 15 of the year following the enactment date of this local law, and each January 15 thereafter, the city chief procurement officer shall submit the report required by subdivision e to the mayor and speaker of the council, and make such report available to the public on the website of the city of New York.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

 

 

 

Session 12

ARP

LS # 9286

6/14/23