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Amending Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contracts and Procurement," by adding a new Chapter, entitled "Outsourcing," to require a cost-benefit analysis before any City contract may be awarded or renewed, under certain terms and conditions.

AI summary

This lapsed bill would have required Philadelphia departments and other city agencies to complete and publicly file a cost-benefit analysis before outsourcing work through a new or renewed contract. It also sought reports on the financial rationale for contracts that automatically renewed three or more times and on the actual savings after an outsourced contract ended, while allowing certain city officials to waive or modify these requirements in some circumstances.

File details

Status
LAPSED
Introduced
March 3, 2011
Sponsors
Curtis Jones, Jr.W. Wilson Goode, Jr.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

TITLE 17. CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT.

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CHAPTER 17-1900. OUTSOURCING.

§17-1901. Pre-requisite to Contract Outsourcing.

Any City department, board, commission or other agency of the City of Philadelphia that is requesting to outsource work, whether through a competitive bid process or a non-competitively bid contract shall file a report setting forth a cost-benefit analysis as to why such work cannot be performed by City workers. The results of this analysis shall be filed with the Procurement Commissioner for competitively bid contracts and with the Finance Director for non-competitively bid contracts and shall be made available for public inspection in their respective offices during regular business hours and on the City's official website.

§17-1902. Automatic Renewals.

In cases where a contract outsourcing City services automatically renews three or more times, a new cost-benefit analysis shall be completed, indicating the ongoing financial rationale for the continuation of the contract, and shall be filed with the same official as the original analysis.

§17-1903. Post-contract reports.

Upon completion of any outsourced contract, a report quantifying the actual savings to the City shall be filed with the officials named in Section 17-1901. Such report shall be made available to the public during regular business hours and on the City's official website.

§17-1904. Waiver. The Director of Finance, the Managing Director or, with respect to competitively bid contracts, the Procurement Commissioner, may waive or modify the provisions of this Chapter whenever compliance with this Chapter would make it impracticable for a City department, board or commission to perform a necessary function or service.

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Explanation:

Italics

indicates new matter added.

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File history

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  1. Council actionCommittee on Labor and Civil Service

    Cancellation of Scheduled Public Hearing

    Council actionCommittee on Labor and Civil Service

    Hearing notices sent

  2. Council actionCommittee on Labor and Civil Service

    Recessed

    Council actionCommittee on Labor and Civil Service

    Hearing notices sent

  3. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Referred

    Pass