SF 3787

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 03/08/2022 08:45am

A bill for an act
relating to human services; requiring commissioner of human services to award
financial management services provider contracts to any willing and qualified
responders.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin DIRECTION TO COMMISSIONER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
SERVICES PROVIDERS.
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new text begin Beginning on the effective date of this section, the commissioner of human services
shall accept on a rolling basis proposals submitted in response to "Request for Proposals
for Qualified Grantees to Provide Vendor Fiscal/Employer Agent Financial Management
Services," published on May 2, 2016. Responders must comply with all proposal instructions
and requirements as set forth in the request for proposals, except the submission deadlines.
The commissioner shall evaluate all responsive proposals submitted under this section
regardless of the date on which the proposal is submitted. The commissioner shall conduct
phase I and phase II evaluations using the same procedures and evaluation standards set
forth in the request for proposals. The commissioner shall contact responders who submit
substantially complete proposals to provide further or missing information or to clarify the
responder's proposal. The commissioner shall select all responders that successfully move
on to phase III evaluation. For all proposals that move on to phase III evaluation, the
commissioner shall not exercise the commissioner's right to reject any or all proposals. The
commissioner shall not compare proposals that successfully move on to phase III evaluation.
The commissioner shall not reject a proposal that successfully moved on to phase III
evaluation after determining that another proposal is more advantageous to the state. This
section expires upon publication of a new request for proposal related to financial
management services providers.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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