Connecticut SB 469: AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE STATE CONTRACTING STANDARDS BOARD.

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General Assembly  
Substitute Bill No. 469  
February Session, 2026 
 
 
 
 
 
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE STATE 
CONTRACTING STANDARDS BOARD.  
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. (NEW) (July 1, 2026) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of 1 
the  general  statutes,  the appropriations  recommended  for  the  State 2 
Contracting  Standards  Board  shall  be  the  estimates  of  expenditure 3 
requirements  transmitted  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Office  of  Policy  and 4 
Management   by   the   executive   director   of   the   board   and   the 5 
recommended adjustments and revisions of such estimates shall be the 6 
recommended  adjustments  and  revisions,  if  any,  transmitted  by  said 7 
executive director to the Office of Policy and Management. 8 
(b)   Notwithstanding   any  provision   of  the  general  statutes,   the 9 
Governor shall not reduce allotment requisitions or allotments in force 10 
concerning the State Contracting Standards Board. 11 
Sec. 2. Subsection (h) of section 4e-2 of the general statutes is repealed 12 
and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2026): 13 
(h) The board may contract with consultants and professionals on a 14 
temporary or project by project basis and [may] shall employ, subject to 15 
the   provisions   of   chapter   67, [such] not   less   than   five   full-time 16 
employees and  may  employ  such  additional employees as  may  be 17 

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necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. 18 
Sec. 3. Subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 4e-5 of the general 19 
statutes  is  repealed  and  the  following  is  substituted  in  lieu  thereof 20 
(Effective July 1, 2026): 21 
(2) The agency procurement officer shall be responsible for [assuring] 22 
(A) ensuring  that  any  invitation  to  bid,  request  for  proposals  or  any 23 
other solicitation for goods and services issued on or after July 1, 2026, 24 
contains  a  notice  of  the  rights  of  prospective  bidders,  proposers  or 25 
prospective    contractors    under    section    4e-36,    (B)    ensuring that 26 
contractors are properly screened prior to the award of a contract, (C) 27 
ensuring that contractors are advised of their rights under section 4e-36, 28 
prior  to  entering  into  a  contract  on  or  after  July  1,  2026,  (D)  ensuring 29 
that, upon the award of such a contract, unsuccessful bidders, proposers 30 
or  respondents  are  advised  of  their  rights  under  section  4e-36,  (E) 31 
evaluating  contractor  performance  during  and  at  the  conclusion  of  a 32 
contract, (F) submitting written evaluations to a central data repository 33 
to be designated by the board, and (G) creating a project management 34 
plan  for  the  agency  with  annual  reports  to  the  board  pertaining  to 35 
procurement projects within the agency. 36 
Sec.  4.  Subsection  (d)  of  section  4e-16  of  the  general  statutes  is 37 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 38 
2026): 39 
(d) [Any  business  case  developed  by  a  state  contracting  agency  for 40 
the  purpose  of  complying  with  subsection  (c)  of  this  section  shall 41 
include: (1)  The cost-benefit analysis  as  described  in  subsection  (b)  of 42 
this section, (2) a detailed description of the service or activity that is the 43 
subject of such business case, (3) a description and analysis of the state 44 
contracting agency's current performance of such service or activity, (4) 45 
the  goals  to  be  achieved  through  the  proposed  privatization  contract 46 
and the rationale for such goals, (5) a description of available options for 47 
achieving   such   goals,   (6)   an   analysis   of   the   advantages   and 48 
disadvantages  of  each  option,  including,  at  a  minimum,  potential 49 

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performance  improvements  and  risks  attendant  to  termination  of  the 50 
contract or rescission of such contract, (7)] Each state contracting agency 51 
proposing to enter into a privatization contract shall prepare a business 52 
case that includes, at a minimum, the following: (1) A description of the 53 
scope of services to be privatized; (2) a cost-benefit analysis comparing 54 
the  costs  of  providing  the  services  by  the  state  with  the  costs  of 55 
contracting  for  such  services;  (3)  an  analysis  of  the  quality  of  services 56 
expected under privatization; (4) a risk assessment, including potential 57 
risks  to  service  continuity  and  accountability;  (5)  a  transition  plan 58 
addressing  employee  transition  issues,  including  layoffs,  transfers, 59 
reassignments and retraining; (6) an analysis of the potential impact of 60 
the  proposed  privatization  contract  on  protected  classes  of