December 3, 2008, Introduced by Rep. Polidori and referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security.
A bill to amend 1984 PA 431, entitled
"The management and budget act,"
by amending section 241 (MCL 18.1241), as amended by 1999 PA 8.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 241. (1) Except for the contracts permitted in section
240, a contract shall not be awarded for the construction, repair,
remodeling, or demolition of a facility unless the contract is let
pursuant to a bidding procedure which is approved by the board. The
department shall issue directives prescribing procedures to be used
to implement this section. The procedures shall require a
competitive solicitation in the award of any contract for
construction, repair, remodeling, or demolition of a facility.
(2) The department may award or approve the award, if the
board approves, of construction contracts to construct a project
for which the director is the agent and may expend, for the
purposes and in the manner set forth, the amounts appropriated. The
director is not the agent for a community college or institution of
higher education, but may act in that capacity upon the specific
request of a community college or institution of higher education.
(3) In evaluating a contract under this section, the
department shall give a preference of up to 10% of the amount of
the contract to a disabled veteran, as defined in section 261. If
the qualified disabled veteran otherwise meets the requirements of
the contract solicitation and with the preference is the lowest
bidder, the department shall enter into a construction contract
with the qualified disabled veteran under this act. If 2 or more
qualified disabled veterans are the lowest bidders on a contract,
all other things being equal, the qualified disabled veteran with
the lowest bid shall be awarded the contract under this act.