New Jersey A 3984: Establishes Jersey Strong Public Service Scholarship Program.

Bill Text

A3984 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3984 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman KENYATTA STEWART

District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Modifies use of cooperative purchasing agreements by 
certain public contracting units for construction services; prohibits 
time-and-materials contracts in certain circumstances; allows indefinite 
delivery, indefinite quantity public contracts in certain circumstances.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning certain contracts by certain public 
contracting units, amending P.L.1996, c.16, and supplementing Title 52 of the 
Revised Statutes.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� Section 7 of P.L.1996, 
c.16 (C.52:34-6.2) is amended to read as follows:

���� 7.� a.� Notwithstanding the 
provisions of any other law to the contrary except the provisions of 
R.S.30:4-95, and as an alternative to the procedures concerning the awarding of 
public contracts provided in P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-6 et seq.), the Director 
of the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury may 
enter into cooperative purchasing agreements with one or more other states, or 
political subdivisions thereof, for the purchase of goods and services. A 
cooperative purchasing agreement shall allow the jurisdictions which are 
parties thereto to standardize and combine their requirements for the purchase 
of a particular good or service into a single contract solicitation which shall 
be competitively bid and awarded by one of the jurisdictions on behalf of 
jurisdictions participating in the contract.

���� b.� (1)� The director may 
elect to purchase goods or services through a contract awarded pursuant to a 
cooperative purchasing agreement whenever the director determines this to be 
the most cost-effective method of procurement.� Prior to entering into any 
contract to be awarded or already awarded through a cooperative purchasing 
agreement, the director shall review and approve the specifications and 
proposed terms and conditions of the contract.

���� (2)�� The director may also 
elect to purchase goods or services through a contract awarded pursuant to a 
nationally-recognized and accepted cooperative purchasing agreement that has 
been developed utilizing a competitive bidding process, in which other states participate, 
whenever the director determines this to be the most cost-effective method of 
procurement.� Prior to entering into any contract to be awarded through a 
nationally-recognized and accepted cooperative purchasing agreement that has 
been developed utilizing a competitive bidding process, the director shall 
review and approve the specifications and proposed terms and conditions of the 
contract.

���� (3)�� Notwithstanding any 
other law to the contrary, any contracting unit authorized to purchase goods, 
or to contract for services, may make purchases and contract for services 
through the use of a nationally-recognized and accepted cooperative purchasing 
agreement that has been developed utilizing a competitive bidding process by 
another contracting unit within the State of New Jersey, or within any other 
state, when available.� Prior to making purchases or contracting for services, 
the contracting unit shall determine that the use of the cooperative purchasing 
agreement shall result in cost savings after all factors, including charges for 
service, material, and delivery, have been considered.

���� (4)� A contracting unit shall 
purchase and contract for construction services for a public works project 
through a cooperative purchasing agreement only if the contract is awarded by a 
contracting unit in the State of New Jersey and is competitively bid in 
compliance with all requirements regarding public bidding, bid security, 
performance guarantees, insurance, and other public contracting requirements 
that are applicable to public works contracts. �Public works projects 
undertaken by a contracting unit through a cooperative purchasing agreement shall 
be subject to the �Public Works Contractor Registration Act,� P.L.1999, c.238 
(C.34:11-56.48 et seq.), and the �New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act,� P.L.1963, 
c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.).

���� (5)� Contracting units 
shall not utilize time-and-materials contracts available through a cooperative 
purchasing agreement to undertake a public works project subject to the �Public 
Works Contractor Registration Act,� P.L.1999, c.238 (C.34:11-56.48 et seq.), 
and the �New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act,� P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et 
seq.).

���� For the purposes of this 
paragraph, the term �time-and-materials contract� means a contract for the 
actual costs for materials and acquiring services on the basis of direct labor 
hours at specified fixed hourly rates that include wages, overhead, genera