New York A 10881: Provides greater accountability in how contracts are procured by the state

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A10881 Summary:

BILL NOA10881A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRajkumar

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §163, St Fin L; amd §362, Chap 83 of 1995

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Provides greater accountability in how contracts are procured by the state; provides that contracts comply with conflict of interest laws.

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BILL NOA10881A

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04/08/2026referred to governmental operations

05/06/2026amend and recommit to governmental operations

05/06/2026print number 10881a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10881--A

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 8, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to providing
 increased accountability where it concerns contract decisions; and to
 amend chapter 83 of the laws of 1995 amending the state finance law
 and other laws relating to bonds, notes and revenues, in relation to
 the effectiveness of certain provisions thereof

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph b and paragraph d of subdivi-
 2 sion 10 of section 163 of the state finance law, subparagraph (i) of
 3 paragraph b as amended by chapter 137 of the laws of 2008 and paragraph
 4 d as added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, are amended to read as
 5 follows:
 6 (i) Single or sole source procurements for services or commodities, or
 7 procurements made to meet emergencies arising from unforeseen causes,
 8 may be made without a formal competitive process and shall only be made
 9 under [unusual circumstances] a declaration of a disaster emergency
 10 pursuant to section twenty-eight of the executive law and shall include
 11 a determination by the [commissioner or the] state [agency] comptroller
 12 that the specifications or requirements for said purchase have been
 13 designed in a fair and equitable manner. The purchasing agency shall
 14 document in the procurement record, subject to review by the state comp-
 15 troller, the bases for a determination to purchase from a single source
 16 or sole source, or the nature of the emergency giving rise to the
 17 procurement.
 18 d. It shall be in the discretion of the commissioner [or], state agen-
 19 cy, state comptroller or governor to require a bond or other guarantee
 20 of performance, and to approve the amount, form and sufficiency thereof.
 21 § 2. Subparagraphs (xii) and (xiii) of paragraph b of subdivision 14
 22 of section 163 of the state finance law, as added by chapter 317 of the
 23 laws of 2014, are amended and a new subparagraph (xiv) is added to read
 24 as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15168-02-6

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 1 (xii) number of bids/proposals received by the contracting agency;
 2 [and]
 3 (xiii) subtotals as deemed applicable[.]; and
 4 (xiv) any relationship pertinent to compliance with section seventy-
 5 four of the public officers law.
 6 § 3. Paragraph a of subdivision 15 of section 163 of the state finance
 7 law, as added by chapter 317 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as
 8 follows:
 9 a. State agencies shall report annually, on a fiscal year basis, [by
 10 July first of] no later than sixty days into the ensuing [year] fiscal
 11 quarter to the state procurement council, the governor, the legislative
 12 fiscal committees and the state comptroller the total number and total
 13 dollar value of single source contracts awarded by the agency during the
 14 fiscal year, and the percentage such contracts represent of the agency's
 15 total number and total dollar value of contract awards during the
 16 reporting period.
 17 § 4. Subdivision 5 of section 362 of chapter 83 of the laws of 1995
 18 amending the state finance law and other laws relating to bonds, notes
 19 and revenues, as amended by section 1 of part RR of chapt