Int. No. 421

By Council Members Jackson, Clarke, Comrie, Jennings, Perkins and Stewart (by request of the Mayor)

A Local Law to amend the charter of the city of New York, in relation to prequalification.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1.  Subdivision a of section 324 of the charter of the city of New York, as amended by a vote of the electorate at a general election held on November 7, 1989, is hereby amended to read as follows:

a.  Agencies [shall] may maintain lists of prequalified vendors and entry into a prequalified group shall be continuously available.  Prospective vendors may be prequalified as contractors for the provision of particular types of goods, services and construction, in accordance with general criteria established by rule of the procurement policy board which may include, but shall not be limited to, the experience, past performance, ability to undertake work, financial capability, responsibility, and reliability of prospective bidders, and which may be supplemented by criteria established by rule of the agency for the prequalification of vendors for particular types of goods, services or construction or by criteria published in the City Record by the agency prior to the prequalification of vendors for a particular procurement.  Such prequalification may be by categories designated by size and other factors.

§ 2.  This local law shall take effect 45 days after adoption, provided that the City agencies affected, including, but not limited to, the procurement policy board may take any actions necessary to effectuate the provisions of this local law prior to its effective date.