An Act Establishing a Pilot Program for Multiple Criteria Purchasing. DAS costs would result from weighing the various factors in multiple criteria purchasing and administering the evaluation process. To the extent that contracts are not awarded to the low bidder, the initial contractual costs would be greater. The costs cannot be determined at this time, but are not anticipated to be significant. This could also result in savings in future years to the extent that the goods and services obtained last longer, have better warranties, have a lower life cycle cost, or are higher quality.
Potential savings are indeterminate.
Legislative Management would also incur a minimal cost associated with their establishment of a pilot program using multiple criteria purchasing associated with weighting the various factors. For Legislative Management the same initial costs and potential future savings would apply. There will be a workload increase for the Program Review and Investigations committee associated with conducting a program compliance review of multiple criteria purchasing. This review can be handled within the normal budgetary resources of Legislative Management. The programs must cover contracts for supplies, materials, equipment, and contractual services awarded on or before June 30, 2002.