1997 Minnesota Statutes

     16B.21 Reports. 

    Subdivision 1.    Commissioner of administration.  The 
 commissioner shall submit an annual report pursuant to section 
 3.195 to the governor and the legislature with a copy to the 
 commissioner of trade and economic development indicating the 
 progress being made toward the objectives and goals of sections 
 16B.19 to 16B.22, 161.321, and 473.142 during the preceding 
 fiscal year.  The commissioner shall also submit a quarterly 
 report to the small business and targeted group procurement 
 advisory council.  These reports shall include the following 
 information:  

    (1) the total dollar value and number of potential 
 set-aside awards identified during this period and the 
 percentage of total state procurement this figure reflects; 

    (2) the number of small businesses identified by and 
 responding to the small business procurement program, the total 
 dollar value and number of set-aside and other contracts 
 actually awarded to small businesses, and the total number of 
 small businesses that were awarded set-aside and other 
 contracts; 

    (3) the total dollar value and number of contracts awarded 
 to small targeted group businesses pursuant to each bidding 
 process authorized by sections 16B.19, subdivision 2c, 161.321, 
 and 473.142; the total number and value of these contracts 
 awarded to each small targeted group business and to each type 
 of small targeted group business in each purchasing category, 
 and the percentages of the total procurement for each purchasing 
 category the figures represent; 

    (4) the total dollar value and number of contracts awarded 
 to small businesses in economically disadvantaged areas under 
 the bidding process authorized in section 16B.19, subdivision 
 2d; the total number and value of these contracts awarded to 
 each business, and to all businesses within each economically 
 disadvantaged area in each purchasing category, and the 
 percentages of total procurement for each purchasing category 
 the figures represent. 

    The information required by clauses (1) and (2) must be 
 presented on a statewide basis and also broken down by 
 geographic regions within the state.  

    Subd. 2.    Commissioner of trade and economic 
 development.  The commissioner of trade and economic 
 development shall submit an annual report to the governor and 
 the legislature pursuant to section 3.195 with a copy to the 
 commissioner of administration.  This report shall include the 
 following information:  

    (1) the efforts undertaken to publicize the provisions of 
 the small business and small targeted group business procurement 
 program during the preceding fiscal year; 

    (2) the efforts undertaken to identify small targeted group 
 businesses and the efforts undertaken to encourage participation 
 in the targeted group purchasing program; 

    (3) the efforts undertaken by the commissioner to remedy 
 the inability of small businesses and targeted group businesses 
 to perform on potential contract awards; and 

    (4) the commissioner's recommendations for strengthening 
 the small business and small targeted group business procurement 
 program and delivery of services to small businesses. 

    Subd. 3.    Reports from other agencies.  The 
 commissioner of transportation, and each metropolitan agency 
 listed in section 473.143, subdivision 1, shall report to the 
 commissioner of administration all information that the 
 commissioner requests to make reports required under this 
 section.  The information must be reported at the time and in 
 the manner requested by the commissioner of administration. 

    HIST: 1984 c 544 s 26; 1985 c 296 s 6; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 119; 
 1987 c 312 art 1 s 26 subd 2; 1989 c 352 s 5,25; 1990 c 541 s 
 7,29; 1991 c 199 art 1 s 5; 1996 c 398 s 5,6