N.Y. Economic Development Law § 145: Study and report

§ 145. Study and report. The state procurement council established

pursuant to section one hundred sixty-one of the state finance law, in

consultation with the council on contracting agencies established

pursuant to executive order 4.125 dated May twenty-second, nineteen

hundred eighty-nine, shall study and report by September first, two

thousand nine to the governor, the legislature and the director of the

budget with recommendations on implementation of a statewide electronic

procurement opportunity notification system, including, but not limited

to:

1. plans and a timetable for further integration of existing agency

systems of bidder registration and procurement opportunity notification

with the procurement opportunities newsletter established pursuant to

this article;

2. electronic submission of bids and proposals; auctions and reverse

auctions; electronic availability of plans and specifications;

3. feasibility of using open standards software applications for a

statewide electronic procurement opportunity notification system;

4. costs and funding models for a statewide electronic procurement

opportunity notification system;

5. additional information to be included to increase the transparency

and utility of the system, including without limitation, notices by the

comptroller of progress payments made to prime contractors, and minority

and women-owned business enterprises utilization plans and waivers

granted pursuant to article fifteen-A of the executive law.