An Act To Ensure Accountability in State Contracts
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1169
Committee: State and Local Government
Sponsors: LACHOWICZ, LIBBY, GRATWICK, MAZUREK, SAVIELLO, MASTRACCIO, NADEAU
Amends: 5 MRSA §1523

Legislative Document 
No. 1169 
S.P. 406 
In Senate, March 26, 2013 
An Act To Ensure Accountability in State Contracts 
Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed. 
DAREK M. GRANT 
Secretary of the Senate 
Presented by Senator LACHOWICZ of Kennebec. 
Cosponsored by Representative LIBBY of Lewiston and 
Senators: GRATWICK of Penobscot, MAZUREK of Knox, SAVIELLO of Franklin, 
Representatives: MASTRACCIO of Sanford, NADEAU of Winslow. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  5 MRSA §1523 is enacted to read: 
§1523.  Criteria for state contracts 
1.  State contracts.  In addition to any other requirement under this Part, the 
Department of Administrative and Financial Services shall ensure that a request for 
proposals or solicitation of bids by the State, including by a state agency as defined in 
section 1552, subsection 6, for a contract to provide property, products or services from a 
person, including a nonprofit corporation under Title 13-B, includes the following 
information: 
A.  A description of the property, products or services; 
B.  The estimated cost of providing the property, products or services; 
C.  The estimated duration of the contract; 
D.  The estimated number of people to be employed in fulfilling the contract; and 
E.  A list of any interim or final reports required. 
2.  Posting of information.  The Department of Administrative and Financial 
Services shall post the information required under subsection 1 on the publicly accessible 
portion of the department's website.  The department shall also post on the publicly 
accessible portion of the department's website: 
A.  Details of the final contract entered into pursuant to a request for proposals or 
solicitation of bids under this section, including the information provided by the 
successful bidder in response to the request for proposals or solicitation of bids under 
subsection 1; 
B.  Any analysis or comparison of costs of the contract, including but not limited to 
an analysis performed by the requesting or soliciting agency or by the Bureau of 
General Services under section 1816-A or 1825-B; and 
C.  Any additional reports or documentation provided by the requesting or soliciting 
agency to the Bureau of General Services relating to the request, solicitation or 
contract, including but not limited to any anticipated effect on state employees or 
positions in State Government. 
3.  Application.  This section applies to any contract for the provision of property, 
products or services with respect to a budget adopted under chapter 149. 
SUMMARY 
This bill requires a request for proposals or solicitation of bids by the State for a 
contract for the provision of property, products or services with respect to the state budget 
to include certain defining information and requires the information to be posted on the 
publicly accessible portion of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services 
website.