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Bollinger said the division revised the rules to reflect the legislature's prior rejection of provisions that authorized an invitation-to-negotiate or ITN process. \"When we began our review [we] remove[d] the ITN process from rule as intended by the legislature,\" she told the committee, and the rewrite also sought to align rules with statutory authority and to streamline and clarify language. The division said it engaged in negotiated rulemaking, advertised the proposed rulemaking on agency websites, held a public hearing in November and provided a crosswalk between the rule changes and Idaho Code.

Committee members asked detailed questions about several substantive edits. Bollinger described changes to definitions (removing redundant terms and moving the definition of \"tie responses\"), and changes to delegation language to more closely match Idaho Code section 67-92-6. She said exemptions from competition were narrowed and given specific parameters in Rule 42 to reflect statutory intent that competition remains the default. A concrete example of an exempt purchase Bollinger offered was emergency hay purchases by the Department of Fish and Game following a wildfire to reduce wildlife-road collisions.

On procurement procedures, Bollinger explained the division removed or relocated language redundant with statute (for example, provisions about public bid openings), moved price-agreement rules into Rule 42 and simplified tie-response handling (now in Rule 81 subsection 6). She said language referencing the competitive negotiation process and ITNs was struck. Regarding award criteria, Bollinger explained that statutory language requiring award to \"the lowest responsible and responsive bidder\" remains in Idaho Code section 67-92-10 and that scoring systems used in requests for proposals to weigh quality as well as cost are already contemplated by statute.

Members asked about safeguards against improper negotiations or favoritism when discussions with bidders occur. Bollinger said negotiations require administrator approval, procurement staff typically are not program staff and challenges to procurement decisions occur but the division rescinds or corrects decisions when mistakes are found.

Representative Vito Barbieri moved to accept Docket 808012401 and praised the department's crosswalk and explanations. The committee approved the motion by voice vote and accepted the rules docket.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House State Affairs January 23, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The House State Affairs Committee approved Docket 808012401, a comprehensive rewrite of the Division of Purchasing rules that removes the invitation-to-negotiate (ITN) process, aligns rules to statute and clarifies procurement procedures including exemptions, bid openings and brand-name specifications.","taxTitle","State Affairs, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Committees, Legislative, Idaho","taxId",56906,"location","Idaho","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6352281,"Committee introduces bill to limit flags in government offices, excludes schools in amendment",444,65620,510420,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2225025-457dc8d8f06039e52a865a1624aba4c3&start=65&end=510","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2225025-457dc8d8f06039e52a865a1624aba4c3/thumbnail_65620.jpg","/articles/6352281/Idaho/Committee-introduces-bill-to-limit-flags-in-government-offices-excludes-schools-in-amendment","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6352281-902e7810508fefe4e91576bfd576fb66/orig.mp4?Expires=1771135600&Signature=YbIDGk5Si2AUuKMiAYlWAN5ov5I1acDi0fvi7EY08PgKO7U6QAP9jPdnFFOUn22wsk7lsH13XbK4dDw4qTQBaTfg4iMBvJa0JQfE-Umg4LvPvNVKlVNXu4BAB4ZiWVrdpeuaDPERJGveVKhzmD3Tz8~~AFd0~f-WqQKPZcqnu7CPymvucfQNhMqgDjxAseyAKsRsRKCn1OG9a-R8SBGsx4SgVmUKiJB2JC-P8VFML7f0-MAQ4wrUNYeyLbIx9O6kN9HUcb54w21T~7FsXQnzQtPmyxNhaBynGMOUD5w5WE9MAtjdV-En3nBLr7H3I3yPI1Fn4iPYt-ejaNPjDC-gJA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representative Heather Scott, R.-District 2, told the House State Affairs Committee that RS 31,956 would \"allow governments to only display certain types of flags\" and set policy on which flags should appear in government offices.

The measure lists permissible flags as the United States flag, an official flag of a government entity, official flags of any state, official flags of military branches and units, and the POW/MIA flag as referenced in \"Code 6,000,723.03,\" according to Scott's presentation.

The bill drew procedural and substantive questions from committee members. Representative Crane asked how RS 31,956 differed from other flag bills pending in the legislature. Representative Scott said she intended this version to exclude schools, colleges and universities so decisions about school displays would be handled \"by the people that deal with schools, universities and colleges.\" Representative Boyle asked whether the measure meant public schools specifically and whether the effective date could be changed from a summer date; the committee substituted language to make the rule effective \"upon passage and approval.\"

Representative Vito Barbieri moved to introduce RS 31,956 with edits that (1) add the phrase \"other than a school, college, or university\" after the word \"state\" in the relevant sentence and (2) replace the July effective date with \"full force and effect upon passage and approval.\" Barbieri read the edits into the record. Representative Achilles said he agreed with the intent of the proposal during the discussion. The committee approved the motion by voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.

The committee discussion repeatedly framed RS 31,956 as limited to local and state government offices and not intended to change policy for educational institutions. Committee members noted there are multiple flag bills in the legislature and that this version was explicitly carved out to leave school policy to other code or committees.

The motion to introduce RS 31,956 with the specified edits was carried by the committee and the measure was introduced into the record.","The House State Affairs Committee voted to introduce RS 31,956, a proposal to restrict which flags may be displayed in government offices; the committee approved an amendment to exclude schools, colleges and universities and to make the rule effective upon passage and approval.","actionData","errors"]

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Committee approves comprehensive rewrite of state purchasing rules; ITN process removed

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