HB239 Alabama 2020 Session

The bill would abolish the Division of Purchasing in the Department of Finance and replace it with the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer to make or supervise state purchases of supplies or services. The bill would provide for the appointment, qualifications, duties, and authority of the Chief Procurement Officer

Relating to the purchase of supplies and services by state government; to repeal Article 5 (commencing with Section 41-4-110) of Chapter 4 of Title 41 of the Code of Alabama 1975, creating the Division of Purchasing in the Department of Finance; and to add Article 5A (commencing with Section 41-4-110A) to Chapter 4 of Title 41 of the Code of Alabama 1975, creating the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer and the position of Chief Procurement Officer to make or supervise the purchase of supplies or services by the state and to provide for the appointment, qualifications, duties, and authority of the Chief Procurement Officer; and to amend Section 41-4-66 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide the Chief Procurement Officer with the authority to maintain the state database of each request for proposal for a public contract.