ALC-Review

All right members of rego ahead and take your seater and call this mean to order. Representative even my honored coach year do you have any comments alright no comments for representative even so I think we're gonna get the spinning started. Thank you mister chairman we're going to start with methods of finances in your packet under b on b one is the letter from dfa with the agencies that they are submitting over for methods of finance on the next page on page two the first one is a issue jonesburg on this is for first national bank arena h back up grades this is phase two of that the replacing and refurs furbishing ab it's a million seventy eight thousand eight thirty eight and they note that they have university reserves to cover the project a issue junks for for number two is for the loop trail phase three and four it's a multi use trail on the west side of the university between the intersection of aggie road and johnson avenue a million one hundred and forty nine thousand three fifty three on this they note that they got a grant from our dot for sixty one percent of the cost in university reserves to cover the balance. Number three is DHS development disabilities for the boom volume and development center this is for their sewer treatment plant at the bonefall human development center it's four point five million dollars and they have federal funds to cover this and part of that coming from rfins. Number four is uacc baits for this is for their welcome center it's for design and construction expenses for a student welcome center within the existing man campus building two hundred fifty thousand dollars they have cash funds and number five UALR for the bone law school roof repairs and replacement six hundred and twenty eight thousand eight seventy seven are they too note that they have cash funds to cover that number six is you a mass is for on college in mari building to install new equipment and prepare the space formally occupied by the game and not for equipment for installation of a new m I five hundred twenty eight thousand four eighty and they know that they have grant from health resources and services administration on the next page you have two for you a p b the first one is for campus eight back upgrades project this is or upgrading their heck systems who improve the air quality the buildings on campus will over fifteen million dollars they have federal funds lou arper to cover that they are also going to have a contract on page d seven number nine for this particular method of finance and number eight also a p b for campus touchless door projects to replace specific exterior doors on various buildings across campus with automated doors and that's two point five million again better or funds from arpa and they have a contract for architectural services for this on d six number eight those with the methods of finance on today's agenda already members are any questions from there was the committee all right see no questions of that objection these are understandings reviewed the next group of items or a grants description of grants and the first ones are from the department of health c wine page wine this is the first one is health department grand amen met for a fifty two thousand four thirty three. That already funded and this is just a sis reducing the number of children diagnosed with hearing loss by connecting their families to accessible resources numbers two through four are going to be the same there are going to be amendment so grants to ride hepatitise education testing and linkage to care and this is for individuals focusing on people with who inject drugs and persons living with his state wide number five on the next page is department of health this is an original grant two point eight million dollars federal refunded to provide grant funding for a series of workshops across the state that will train long term care staff own infection control practices are also trained in use of two kids and online training developed for them as well as workshops for collibions working in these settings the next group of grants starting on page three these are for DHS numbers one through four are going to be the same type of grant their amendments to existing grants with area agencies on aging the sourcing a phones as a variety of sources of funds but these are all for improving quality of life or adults with disabilities numbers five and six these are the same type of gray at are they are administered existing grants for emergency solutions providing services to homeless and helping prevent homelessness and then the final grant is dhs federal grant and it's for employment training services to to snap recipients those are all the grants on today's agenda aren't membership any questions for members of the committee all right see no questions and without objections these items will stand as reviewed. Miss mr chairman the next thing we have are contracts and so in the d packet page one this is the letter from mr ed armstrong in the third paragraph you'll note that he states that none of the contracts of this month appear to have been curious and violation of arkansas procurement law but I also want to dry your attention to the second paragraph there this is something can a new he is reporting to us and the law requires if that agency is going to use an area request for qualifications for anything other than legal orchitectural engineering construction management land service surveying and interior design services they have to get approval to use r as the best suitable procurement method so he is submitting two letters today of two agencies disability determination for so security administration and department of hell nursing board that happened the approval letters as well as I also want to note that they're going to be contracts on today's agenda so if you'll turn next then this is a review item for the committee to prove for mr. Armstrong the first one owned adam d page two this is the one for the board of nursing which is part of the health department is for license nurse investigators they have a total projected cast and the state board of nursing has previously done in our queue to solicit qualifications for licensing license nurse investigators and the resulting contracts have since expired in the nursing board needs to establish new contracts because the need for investigators is not constant and impossible to predict the need to have a pool of qualified investigators who were available when needed is battle to the board and their successful operation the market research shows that the state wide rate is fifty dollars per hour has been determined as the set rate and ash after issuing other contract qualified benders will only perform work when a case is a signed so this is the approval that was dorms from his given to the nursing board and yeah there are two contracts that i'll point out later on the next page is his approval of the contract the use of an rf for arkansas disability termination this is the social security administration and this is for their qualified medical salters and again the justification is provided but there are also going to be two contracts on today's agenda that i'll point out later on these items as well before we go to motion for approval of them recognize that to rise st recognized like rich chair just actually question how can you have. Rf for review and have a contract. You know at the same time. So and get the incorrect method okay add once you come up here will first time. I. To come up and recognize yourself. Here with for the record to be recognized proceed. Thank you very much both of the chairman I met arm strong with the office of state procurement in the department of transformation insured services. And to answer the question what has happened is that there is a process change after we'd had an issue come up last o a couple of months ago in review where questions were asked about a contract that had been awarded the RFQ. Uhm we recognize that. Although the law requires that contracts that are awarded to an RFQ before a contract is awarded and rf has to be approved unless it's one of the mandatory ones under nineteen eleven eight or one. Kathy just recited all of those categories where the law requires an agency to do an rf under nineteen eleven eight or one for legal architectural construction management engineering interior design and legal. But nineteen eight o two creates a discretionary category and says that if an agency wants to do an rf for a professional service. Outside of those required ones they have to get approval from the state per german director and there's three questions that the law requires the state proterm director to consider. Will that law became effective in twenty nineteen and it's been the practice of osp to always put those approvals in the packet. But they've never been called out as review items and that's why the question had arisen was this approved and so we in talking with the chairs and what we've up to to do in the interest of transparency with the approval of secretary fiscal. Is start putting on the cover letter whenever I grant an approval to go ahead and recognize that in the cover letter so from here moving forward this was not the the process in the past I will call them out so they can receive attention as a review item but there's gonna be a lot of other contracts that in prior years approval was given and they were just put in the in the packet that was sent for review and they weren't called out so that's why you're going to have a couple of items they're still lingering from before but moving forward whenever I do an approval will call that out separately on the letter so that comes to the attention of alc review. So mister when you say you talk to the choose you've done about the chairs of you. Yes alc review and i'm sorry you senator I did not have your number but I did have the opportunity to speak to chairman wordlaw briefly just let him know that this was the the process changed that was being made but also if it doesn't work for everybody we don't have to do it this way it's just a process change that we thought would make it more transparent for you and everybody else at the time we grant an approval to go ahead and start recognizing these as approval items and if you're going to say you're you notified the charge you will say you note about three of the three of the four I left out the most important one my apologies what do that again and. All right so there's still fillers that you instead of. Is there some food to recognize my chairman how many any of these license nurse practices we are investigated I am not aware and what they will have to ask the board of nursing but they only use them as complaints arise and they need to investigate a complaint against a professional and so that's why they do this method because you never know when you're going to get a complaint that needs to be investigated more or less like a firefighter you can when you need him precisely and that's what a lot of our rfuse are used to do is to set up a qualified vendor list like for example for nursing services. If a state employee quits add a statement mental hospital or veterans facility and they need to feel that quickly they can pull somebody off of the qvl we call it the coffee vendors list by soliciting bids and get the pricing information at that time but we've already done the rf to set up that list in advance could you give me a number on it on the number of those lots of absolutely could but I will ask the department felt to provide them and when you get the department health if you'll just haven't send that to staff and we can dispense that to all members of the committee perfect thank you alright number seen or for a questions with our objections these litters will stand as reviewed mr chairman the first group of contracts that will look at today would be our construction related contracts item page for the first one is for the department of the agriculture of this is for architecture natural resources commission and this is to a since community water systems in preparing a lead service line inventories this one began in september of two thousand twenty three one point one million dollars in yet they're coming today requesting an additional nine million dollars on a contract that nothing had been paid to data I talked with the agency so I want to provide you with the additional information funding for this project is from the drinking water state revolving fund through a grant from the infrastructure investment in jobs act and the health department is working along with natural resources to identify public water systems requesting the inventory so far there are two hundred and forty two public systems that have applied and the money that we were receiving can only be speed on invitoring replacement and has to be smith by october sixteenth of twenty four and that's the reason why they're going ahead and and requesting the full of mouth. Of the money that's available to them on this contract number two is department of corrections division of corrections this is for a classroom facility that they all be a building inside the fance at the tucker unit number three is parks in heritage this one is for each back improvement at variety of centers are the min to an existing contract number four also for parks heritage and tourism this is for a cabin renovation devils dean state part number five is for marina improvements at like catherine state part and airport runway we have an airport runway lighting improvements at petty gene state part and the number six on the next page this one also for parks here to do tourism this one is for camp ground projects at like points at stake partner and mount nebo state part and camp ground sewer line connection at mountain email number seven is department of public safety division of arkansas state police this is an a contract for architectural engineering several services or a new barricks that will be at camp robinson uapb this is the contract for architectural services for their campus wide touchless door project we had the moff earlier and number nine is the other one for you a p b that we saw the mo. F four earlier this is for their campus wide heating and air conditioning upgrades and those are the construction related contracts members of her explanation of the contracts or any questions for members of the committee all right see no questions and without objection these out of the stand as reviewed the next group of contracts are intergovernmental on page eight the first one is department of commerce arkansas rehab services are this is for the arkansas career development number two is department for human services and this is what you a fail for their partners for inclusive communities the three initiatives to expand or enhance homeland community based programs from medicaid programs and number three DHS this one is to provide a programming and services established for the arkansas detention center those are the intergovernmental area members of heard an explanation of the contractor or any questions from members see no questions and without objection the adams will stand at reviewed. The next group of contracts are are at us out of state contracts the first one is asu this one is a new original contract or legislative consultant and federal appropriation services or a issues system office numbers two and three are being pulled today by the agency number four is department of agriculture this is an amendment to an existing contract that they have for agricultural chemical waste disposal services number five department of education state library this is for the statewide union. Catalogue and resource sharing platform number six is department of health this is for it services number seven are by the department of health is being pulled by the agency we want not be reviewing that today number eight department of health this one is for a titanium drinking with our analysis number nine starts contracts for DHS this first one is department of human services with how energy this is an amendment dealing with respectory therapist and there at the arkansas health center there's no money being added to this contract they are updating the scope and budget on this contract I will note that this one was done as an few and the approval even though you don't have the letter before you day the letter was in the contract packet that I have reviewed number ten is DHS with s HC services and this one is for skilled nursing and other medical professional at the arkansas health center and other facilities for dhs another contract that was repub was approved prior to the solicitation and I have seen these approval documents in the contract documents number eleven is DHS or a new comprehensive child welfare information system. Number twelve is being pauled by dhs takes us over to the next page page thirteen contract number thirteen is department of public safety arkansas state please for staff argumentation and support services number fourteen department of transfer remation and shared services division of information systems or twenty four seven monitoring of security notifications number fifteen department of social security administration disability to termination this is for their medical consultants who make determinations about disability this is one of the contracts go there goes with the two social security contracts that the rfq letter was reviewed earlier that was approved by osp number sixteen is university of arkansas this is a contract for facility management and assessment number seventeen UALR seventeen in eighteen are actually going to be the same they're providing temporary staffing services for ualr and that is all of the outer state contracts on today's agenda. Are there any information on the contracts or any questions for members of the committee. All see no questions there's the full jim. The. Sir still for the regards for a question thank you mister question for you to work towards a number of sixteen day here hold on once because it's all state money and it's contract number sixteen. What is it what is eight facility management I always like to get up here will fasten the true. And if all it hurt is yourselves for the record and. Since you'll be regards perceived your question. Ah yes my name is michael water in this as you have last champion for five minutes with the university. This. And there's so suffice chancellor a budget and business affairs at the university so still food your recognized procedure yeah if you could just give me a distance breakfast when nation of what is a professional services entail. Yes so these are for our professional services for our facilities management of physical plan operations and so that says primarily data collection around our staffing levels deferred maintenance maintenance and continuing operation viability of our facilities and then they take that provide analysis of that and provide recommendations to the university and our facilities management group online helping to prioritise deferred maintenance needs where we can get the best use of our dollars is is a big part of what they provide additionally i'm sorry sir no so this is my main just about. Make it sure the minus kept up when you say data collection you're talking about. We're talking about things like um so custodial maintenance service levels but they'll also look at building condition so things like hac years and service other areas of maintenance on major building systems and then they provide recommendations where we can see as a university sort of where can we get the most return whether we need to extend the life of buildings or does it make sense to invest versus a different amount into facilities we'll make sure you got insurance on your roofs. Yes we do we are through the states property insurance program chairman thank you centre all right you jump our excuse thank you thank you all right member seat over there questions without objections these items will stay in his reviewed mister chairman the next group of contracts with the in state contracts these begin on page sixteen of item day the first one is arkansas teacher retirement system this oz their company that they'll be contracting with to provide regular and run off election services for their retirement system number two is department of corrections division of community corrections and amendment to an existing contract for a comprehensive community based treatment services number three department corrections division of corrections this is for a waste disposal services that rhymes and make bears and units number four is helped department this is arkansas state board of nursing the next two card rates four and five are both going to be for their nurse investigators and these are the two contracts that I referenced earlier that with the letter from the department hill receiving the approval to do an RFQ for these services number six on the next pages d h with piney ridge treatment center this is for sexual reabilitative comprehensive residential treatment services in this silly for you to under the age of twenty one throughout state number seven is DHS with the arkansas hunger relief and this is to support the governor's healthy active arkansas plan number eight dhs for providing security for a department of human services plasky north and plastic southwest officers number nine is for a speech therapy services for residents of the southeast arkansas human development center number ten is for dental treatment services to a dudicated years residing in the care of dys number eleven is a contract that. They have for pharmacy consultant services and number twelve is department of that friends fares this is a contract for veterans headstone installation services number thirteen is state parliament for so security administration disability determination this is the other contract that I referenced for them dealing with the rf approval process for them to have a contract for a medical consultant to make disability determinations number fourteen ua community college baseball for a rm security guard services and those are all of the in state contracts on today's agenda aren't members you've heard an explanation of contracts or any questions from members of the committee alright see no questions without objections these contract will stand as reviewed that I do believe we have an approval. Yes sir we have one other item it's an approval item also want to point out that the next the packet e in your packet is a report that we see received from osp these are those contracts with no material change of contracts under the threshold for legislative review and critical emergency contracts but then under other and in the packet and we have a vehicle lease and again this is an approval item for this committee this is from arkansas economic development commission it's a federally funded program for bead the broadband equity access and development program they are needing to lease a chevy tahoe twenty twenty three they received a grant that they are ministering for five million dollars daily to participate in an activities and expanding broadband in arkansas team to travel and curious applies so the leases for four year lease with bails you're relay and the monthly cars will be a thousand one hundred seventy dollars and seventy four cents and again that's an approval item. My right members are chairable entertain emotion for approval. All right but emotion and second. The second from representative ferguson all in favor say I opposed all right still approved all right members seen over their come forwards committee we are adjourned.