New Jersey A 808: Requires Division of Purchase and Property to issue annual report on public contracts awarded to women-owned and minority-owned businesses; requires Division of Revenue to operate Selective Assistance Vendor Information (SAVI) database.

Bill Text

ASSEMBLY, No. 808

STATE OF NEW JERSEY
220th LEGISLATURE

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2022 SESSION

Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman BRITNEE N. TIMBERLAKE
District 34 (Essex and Passaic)
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman S.Kean

SYNOPSIS
Requires Division of Purchase and Property to issue annual report on public
contracts awarded to women-owned and minority-owned businesses; requires
Division of Revenue to operate Selective Assistance Vendor Information
(SAVI) database.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

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AN ACT concerning minority-owned, women-owned businesses, 1
and small businesses and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised 2
Statutes. 3
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BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State 5
of New Jersey: 6
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1. The Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of 8
the Treasury shall receive and analyze the information compiled by 9
the division’s Chief Diversity Officer and, utilizing these data, 10
submit an annual report to the Governor, and to the Legislature in 11
accordance with section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), on the 12
awarding of contracts to minority-owned and women-owned 13
business enterprises, including but not limited to: 14
(1) the total number of minority-owned and women-owned 15
business enterprises that applied to request for proposals compared 16
to the total number of all small business enterprises that applied to 17
request for proposals; 18
(2) the total number of contracts awarded to minority-owned 19
and women-owned business enterprises; 20
(3) the total value of all contracts awarded and the average value 21
of all contracts awarded to minority-owned and women-owned 22
business enterprises; and 23
(4) the percentage of the value of those contracts awarded to 24
minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises compared 25
to the value of all contracts awarded to small business enterprises. 26
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2. The Division of Revenue in the Department of Treasury 28
shall be responsible for the administration, operation, and continued 29
development of the central registry, known as the New Jersey 30
Selective Assistance Vendor Information (SAVI) database, which 31
compiles businesses that are registered as a small business 32
enterprise, including businesses certified as a minority-owned or 33
women-owned business enterprise with the State of New Jersey. 34
The purpose of the database shall be to identify businesses eligible 35
for mandated State programs such as the New Jersey Small 36
Business Set Aside program, and to aid in matching buyers and 37
vendors for contracting opportunities. 38
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3. This act shall take effect immediately. 40
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STATEMENT 43
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This bill requires the Division of Purchase and Property in the 45
Department of the Treasury to issue an annual report on public 46
contracts awarded to women-owned and minority-owned 47
businesses. This bill requires the Division of Revenue to 48

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administer, operate, and continue to develop the Selective 1
Assistance Vendor Information (SAVI) database in the Division of 2
Revenue. 3
Currently, the Chief Diversity Officer in the Division of 4
Purchase and Property is required to monitor the State’s public 5
contracting process for the purpose of compiling information on the 6
awarding of contracts to minority-owned and women-owned 7
business enterprises, the total value of all contracts and the 8
percentage of the value of those contracts awarded to minority-9
owned and women-owned business enterprises. This bill would 10
require the division to issue an annual report to the Governor and 11
the Legislature utilizing the information compiled by the Chief 12
Diversity Officer. 13
The SAVI database currently compiles businesses that are 14
registered as a small business enterprise, including businesses 15
certified as a minority-owned or women-owned business enterprise 16
with the State of New Jersey. The purpose of the database is to 17
identify businesses eligible for mandated State programs such as the 18
New Jersey Small Business Set Aside program, and to aid in 19
matching buyers and vendors for contracting opportunities. 20