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Representative Stetson Painter
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0:15
that or this here Ready vi e w committee comes to order first item of business is the methods of finance and members
just so that way you're aware we're gonna go through all of them and then we'll come back
and if you have questions that's what we'll do it at the appropriate time Miss Katty
Speaker 8
0:56
thank you Mr Chair. good afternoon members Katie Walden bureau of Legislative Research fiscal division as the chair said the first items for your review today are the methods of finance submitted by the department of finance and Administration they're item B in your packet you see a letter from Mr Dan Brassert presenting the eight projects submitted for review
this month and then following that page you'll see a summary schedule of the methods of finance. The first one is with Northwest Arkansas Community College. This is an original MOF for $800,000. This is for athletic courts and we'll include the design and construction of these new courts they're using NCRC grant funding and athletic fees.umber 2 is with AU Jonesboro. This is revising an existing MOF up to $18 million for the careersearucation andkis trainingenter. They're using
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university reserves and hired grant funding. Number3, you have
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afayetteville. this is a new MOF valued originally at7.5 million dollars. This is for remodel of the Arkansas Union fit out for student services 100% university revenues on the next page you'll see another project for the UFA Fayetteville. this is revising a new phase of an existing project putting it up to5.1 million dollars. This is for the whipple familymily forestry Education
Center at Garburn Woodlandardens in hott Springs. they're using gifts university reserves and NCRC grants. Number5 UA Fayetteville. This is a revised project. The new value is7.5 million dollars. This is to complete and continue the north chilled water plant modernization on the north side of campus they're using university reserves and bond proceeds. Number6 with Ua Little rock, this is a new MOF valued at $1.5 million. This is for modernization of their law school elevators and they're using 100% cash funds
on the final MOF page you have two more projects forua LittleRock. number7 is a new MOF valued at $8.1 million for renovation of university services and university laza demolition using 100% UaLR cash funds and number 8 is revising an existing MOF up to $1.8 million and this is equipment for their freereeborough Hall Planetarium. using cash funds and private donations. thank you Mr Chair you Katty. right members questions for B1
Representative Stetson Painter
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B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 right without objection these items stand reviewed Item C general contractors construction projects exceeding5 million dollars. Miss Katty thank you Mr Chair. Item C are
Speaker 8
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the two construction projects presented for your review that were procured through
alternative delivery methods. The 1st 1 C1 is withuafayetteville this was also mentioned in the MOFs this is for their Arkansas union renovation. it is to include 17,550 square feet to change up the western half of the Arkansas Union and the southern portion of the sixth floor. The contractor is Kinko. they reviewed nine proposals they interviewed five contractors and ultimately went with that selection. The design professional chosen is fennel
and puriforetar architects and drakewell's architecture. This project is valued at7.5 million dollars using university reserves and number two is from theu of aystem office on behalf of UAPB. This project is a cooperative contract for the UAPB track and soccer field. The contractor is Target Sports and the design professional is Polk Stanley Wilcox. it's valued originally at5.7 million and they're using Title II grants and private donations. These are
the alternative delivery method projects Mr Chair. all right
Representative Stetson Painter
Unverified
5:00
thank you M Katty. any questions for C1?
C2 right without objection these items stand reviewed. Item D discretionary grants. Miss Katty thank you
Speaker 8
5:12
Mr Chair. Itemd one in the discretionary grants you have four grants from the department of agriculture promotion boards and they are all for for the Arkansas beef co These are all funded with special revenues. the first grant is to four states fair
valued at35,000 dollars. secondcond one is to Arkansas Cattlemen's association $11,000 for leadership course for media training and advocacy.umber3 Arkansas Cattle Wwoen's Association for 12,000. This is for promotion of the beef industry and number4 is to the farm bureau for $20,000 for the continuation of the beef in the classroom program. OK?ext you haved2. this is from the department of healthalth. There is one discretionary grant for your review today. This
amends an existing grant adding $90,000 and is to continue the breastfeeding support line that baptist administers. it is a 24 hour a day seven day a week telephonebas counseling and support service and this is a federal grant. Finallyd3 there are 21 discretionary grants for the Department of Human Services division of agging Adults and Behavioral Health Services.umber one is familycentedreatment foundation this is amendment4 to a grant
for500,000 dollars. this is for the licensing monitoring training and implementation of the familycentered treatment model for treatment facilities then you have I'm gonna group some together 2 through6 are all amendments to existing grants, federal grants for state and community substance misuse prevention and mental health promotion services. that takes us over to item d page seven you have a grant for community advocacy research and evaluation
consulting amends an existing grant for $140,000 for the evaluation of the partnership for Success grant then you have grants number 8 and 9 both are to regional counseling and mental healthal center services Number 10 is with AAarp it amends an existing grant adding $1.2 million for the senior community servicevice employmentgra.umber 11 to family centeredreatment Foundation, this amends an existing grant adding $1.5 million in federal funds
and this is for substance abuse trauma and child welfare programs. Number 12 with end overdose. this adds500,000 dollars for a grant to continue to maintain 100% naloxone saturation 13 to chessmobile Incorporated. This amends an existing grant for the transferring the S4 Hoa system to continue technologybased services for rural health. Number 14 Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care
this amends an existing grant and it is for grant evaluation activities. 15 are also Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care. it amends an existing grant for government performance and results Act surveys there were 16 this grant is adding $1 million in federal funding for budget for peer specialists in diverse situations and building infrastructure.17 Arkansas alliance of recovery residents this adds $200,000 for houses for families of hard to reach
populations for recovery residences number 18 is adding500,000 dollars for school-based services to River Valley Medical Wellness 19 National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Counselors. This had300,000 dollars for medical billing for peers peer support ethics testing and certification. wy is to River Valley Medical Wellness. It is for addressing the opioid crisis at the local community level and number 21 is to NE a divine
intervention. this adds $236,000 for the operation of an addiction recovery support center. Thank you Mr Chair.
Representative Stetson Painter
Unverified
9:13
you Katty. All right members questions ford1 d2 d3
without objection those items stand reviewed itemtem E service contracts for legislative review RfQ approvals
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and ratifications Miss Katty thank you Mr Chair Item E includes all of
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the contracts presented for your review today as well as one
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ratification and two RfQs on the first part of that packet you will see a letter from the OsP director Miss Jessica Patterson. She states that all the contracts presented for your review today were found to have not been produced in violation of procurement law and they request favorable review. Additionally, they present the list of contracts for review today that were procured using the traditional or most advantageous proposal method? and finally on the 2nd and 3rd page of this letter, they provide a training and certification program report
Speaker 11
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which shows all of the agcency's participation in the procurement trainings that they
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offer. underder item E1 that's on page four of your e packet. there is one ratification for your review today. This is with Ua LittleRock and in the letter the Ualitterox states that in Fy26 with theirenter for integrated nanotechnologyciences. they were purchasing proprietary bone material from a company called Sigmaraft and they had a sole
source by justification but over time that justification a lapsed and so when the purchases exceeded the review amount, the agency needed to make a couple more purchases and so they are asking for ratification of those purchases because they needed to use this verified vendor for this purpose. So this is the ratification members any questions no questions item stands reviewed
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d2 are the RFQs presented for your review today? they begin on page
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six The first one is with disability determination for Social Securitydministration. This first one is for a medical consultant for disability case processing the next one is item E page11. this is with DHS officeficer procurement. and this is for supervised independent living programs. these are the two
RfQs today Quess seeing none without objection the item
Representative Stetson Painter
Unverified
11:49
stands reviewed M Katty. item E2 begins on page 13 of
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your e-packet. These are the constructionrelated contracts presented for your review today. there are7 the first one is with the Department of Education with SCM architects. This is amendment two to an existing contract and it is for modifications to Parnell Hall at the school for the blind and deaf? ber 2 DHS with stockxsman
architects. This is an original contract and it is for architectural design services for se new dormitory buildings at the Boonville Human Development Center.umber3, DTSs or DSAS building authority with Cromwell architects. This is a new original contract for350,000 dollars for renovations to the Main Street Mall3rd floor. ber 4 u ofA with fenyl purifoite architects are an original contract for professional design services for the Arkansas Union renovation that was discussed in the MOF as
well as the alternative delivery method. ber 5 U of a withOdussudio Pllllc. This is a new original contract for services related to theRoss and Mary Whipple family forceducation Center that was also discussed in the MOFsumber6, u of a withhitzel EvansRascoe, northwest Arkansas. This is for oncall construction or oncall architect services ber 7 with U of a also withhitzlons rasco northwest Arkansas. This is amendment one to an existing contract and it
is for architectural services for the UADA fooddciencesearchation in Fafayetteville. These are the construction contracts. Thank you Katy. Members any questions? no questions without
Representative Stetson Painter
Unverified
13:25
objection the item stands reviewed thank you Mr Chair. Item E3 of the
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intergovernmental contracts for today. There are7 the first one is DHS withuA Littlerock. This is amendment se to an existing contract and it is for evidence-based training across the state and also for the midsouth summermmer School conference.
ber 2 DhS with Ua LittleRock. This is amendment 8 to an existing contract for the substance abuse block grant prevention services programs and you will see these these programs broken out to individual providers later on in your packet. ber 3 DHS with UFAfayetteville amendment4 to an existing contract. This is for the expansion and enhancement of home and communitybased programs for Medicaid. Number5 DHSDMS with Department of Commerce. Amendment one to an existing
contract for the allpayer claims database operations related to Medicaid.umber5, the workers' compensation commission with ArkansasBuilding Authority. This is an original contract for maintenance and operational services at the workers' compensation building at324 South Spring Street. Number6, Department of Public Safety, Arkansas State Police with Ua Fayetteville. This is amendment ive to an existing contract for the highway safety survey for use in the highway safety planning Administration programme. Finally, number7 with Ua Litterock and University of
Wyoming. Amendment4 to an existing contract also for the substance abuse block grant programme evaluation you Katty members
Representative Stetson Painter
Unverified
14:57
any questions seeing none without objection the items stand reviewed Item E4
Speaker 8
15:05
are the out of state contracts for your review today. There are 22 the first one is with Arkansas Public Employees retirementystem with Linnea Solutions, Amendment two to an existing contract for the pension administration systems upgrade and security operations
for apers.umber 2 is with the Public Service Commission and Vanttage Point Solutions. This is amendment3 to an existing contract and it's for the administration of the Arkansas highcostund and the Arkansas extension of telecommunications Facilities Fund. ber3 with Arkansas Tech University this is with irdsall voss and associates. It's amendment two to an existing contract for marketing and advertising for Arkansas Tech. ber 4 Department of agriculture. This is with deloitte Consulting it's an original contract and it is for
maintenance and operations business intelligence and reporting for the Arkansas Commodity Food distributionystem and I'll mention to the committee this is the first time you're seeing this special procurement so the special procurement justification form is included in the blue pages of your packet. it's the first one so if you want some more information on why this is a special procurement you can find it here Number5 department of agriculture with
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Strongwood forestry this is for harvest lifting services
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ber 6 Department of Corrections with allstate pestlus. This is ammendment4 to an existing contract and it is for pest control over all the division of correction facilities. Number7 Department of Corrections with WellPath. This is ammendment5 to an existing contract and this is for the comprehensive medical, dental, pharmacy and mental health services for anyone in the care of the department of the offenders in the custody of the department of Corrections. you'll see this contract or this
amendment extends the contract through September30th this 2027 and adds 147 million to this contract. Number 8, Department of Corrections division of Correction with Craman Jy Harvey. This is a new original contract and this is for third partyty evaluation of the Wellathtract services to make sure that it is in compliance with federal law and standards.umber 9, Department of Education Educational television with Totara Learning. This is an original contract and it is for
the Arkansasdeasgram for teacher professional development. Number 10 DFA Management Services with computer aid. This is for resources to support DFA's amazon web Service cloudystems. 11dFfa management services with fa LP. This is for auditing services and identity identity verification services for the division Number 12 Department of Health with Center for Disease detection. this is for cytology services ammendment4 to an existing contract.umber 13
Department of Health with Gainwell Technologies. This is ammendment2 to the contract and it is for the wi program and database management in the Spirit web system.umber 14 Department of Health with ICF macro. This is a new contract for complete interviews for thehaalris factor surveillance system. 15 Department of Health Information Management Services. This is for services related to the Arkansas Central cancercerregistry. Number 16 Department of Health with ra solve. This is
amendment3 to an existing contract for the cognitive data extractor system and to help read automatically read scanned immunization paper forms for data entry. 17 DhS with Spanish interpreters this is amendment four and it's for language interpretation and transcription services from Spanish to English.umber 18, Department of Public Safety, Crime Information Center with computer projects of Illinois another sole source by justification. This is also in your blue packet if you want to see the sole source form. this
is an original contract and it's to help the migration of information to align with the FBI's xmL infrastructure network. ber 19 Department of Public Safetydivision of emergency Management with ESIaccquisition also a sole source contract and so that's in the final pages of your blue packet. This is an original contract with adam and it's for webbased emergency management platform information. Number 2u ofA withIco USA this is the second half of an
existing contract for campus managed print and mail and number 21 is with Ua Littlerock International Survey Associates this is for the measurement of risk and protective factors for the substance abuse through Arkansasrevention needs assessment survey and 22s with UCA Minnesota Life Insurance for group lifefesurance for UCA employees and their dependents. Thank you Mr Chair. you Katty. is there anybody from Arkansas you can come
Representative Stetson Painter
Unverified
19:53
up here introduce yourself for the record
erric Walker University council thank you for being here Mr. Wa. can you explain to me contract or item three here you guys have before asked for smaller amounts to come back and and ask for like $250,000 amounts and now you're asking for the full amount remainder of the contract and that will take you out to 28. so I'm just curious if you've not
done that before why why are we starting a new precedent now
Speaker 37
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so it's my understanding that the the the vision of enrollment management is seeking to expand the particular service and expand the
Speaker 38
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the reach of it and ultimately that's that's ultimately why all right
Representative Stetson Painter
Unverified
20:56
ok thank you Anybody from the UA
Speaker 41
21:22
Rebecca Haley University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Thank
Representative Stetson Painter
Unverified
21:26
you M Haley. number 20 for you of a again same question asking for amount then you period up come back now you're asking for the rest of the mount in new contract days 2030 can you kind of yes sir so we contracted for three years instead of
Speaker 41
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the typical four years we got a better rate we saved about a million dollars so now we're coming back to ask to finish the contract for the last four years. gott you so you come back ok great
Representative Stetson Painter
Unverified
21:54
I would ask the previous university to do that too even though you're going to 28 come back in 27. thank you Miss Haley. Any other questions? if not without objection these items stand reviewed Thank you
Speaker 11
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Mr Chair. E5 begins on page 31 of item E. These are the instate contracts and there are several that can be grouped by by
Speaker 8
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type. So I'll go ahead and do that for the committee if that's OK. The first three are 1
through3 for Arkansas Tech University. These are all for oncall Hvac services to the university they're with He mechanical, Roy's heating and cooling and smoothunn in heat and air. Contracts number4 through 8 are all at Department of Corrections division ofunity Correction and these are all for comprehensive communitybased treatment services around the state and they're with different recovery centers and living centers
That takes us over to page34 in item E Department of Corrections division of Correction with Hill Services. This is amendment6 to an existing contract for crop hauling at the East Arkansas Regional unitarm. ber 10 Department of Education with Arkansas Public School Resource. This is an original contract for training programs and opportunities related to leadership training for principals, teachers and superintendents. Number 11 Department of Health with Children's Hospital. This is ammendment6 to an existing contract and this is for the operation of the Arkansas homeme visitsiting Network.
Number 12 is Department of Health with S andS Management. This is for security guard
Speaker 11
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services at the Adh offices. Beginning with number 13 and going all the way to 25.
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these are all contracts with Department of Human Services division of agging Adults and Behavioral healthalth and these are all contracts to different providers for substance abuse treatment services. some of them are general for catchment areas
and others are specified for specific populations like women and
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that takes us all the way over to page45 and that ends
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on number 25 and flipping over to page46 we have DHS division of agging Adults and Behavioral Health with western Arkansas counseling. This is amendment6 to an existing contract for medical detoxification services.27dhS withdcO with Arkansas
mailingervices. this is for mail processing services 28 DhSDmS with CA state and local solutions this is for patientcented medical home provider portal. services 29 d h S D m S with CSRA state and local. This is for program evaluations of the tax equity and fiscal responsibility waiver programme. Next we have contracts30 to33. these are all with Department of Parks heritage and tourism and they are all with the same
provider cramford Johnson, Robinson Woods. these are all amendments to existing contracts one is for website design and development for Arkansas tourism parks and keep Arkansas beautiful. N next one is for public relations for Department of Parks herritage and tourism.32 is for creative strategy and brand development? for the natural to market the natural state Arkansas tourism and Arkansas state parks and then33 is amendment one to an
existing contract and it's for media planning and buying to purchase media for Arkansas tourism and Arkansas state parks. Number34 is Department of Public Safety with division of Arkansas State Police with Delta ental. This is for group dental and vision plans. Number35ua litterock with Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care. this is for the archivalris factor dataook. Number36 Ua LittleRock with Bec Davis and Janerow of Arkansas. This is for janitorial services for the Ua LittleRock campus.
Speaker 7
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then you have contracts37 to43. These are some more of the office of Substance abuse and Mental Health block grant programs And that takes us over to page56 in item
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E. We haveract43 with Ua Litterock with uora Ventures and this is for a new contract for campus holiday and decorative lighting services for theua LittleRock campus as well as the Bowen Law School.
Another group of contracts are number44 through49 with Ua litterock and service agencies that will provide the for the requirements set forth by the federal block grant for the officefice of Substance Abuse and Mental Health? that takes us over to item E page62. It'sualittleRock with the revive Llc. This is amendment two to an existing contract for carpet and upholstery services. 51 Ua LittleRock with southern lawwn Service. This is ammendment6 to an existing
contract for landscaping services for the Ua LittleRock campus. 5 wo is with Ua LittleRockx Saint Francis house also known as theunity clinic. This is another one for the federal block grant for the office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health. and then we have53 with UCA and JSK Company and this is a new contract for3.8 million for a complete network refresh on the UCA campus for information security. Thank you Mr Chair. you Katy Department oforrections
Representative Stetson Painter
Unverified
28:02
Chad Brown Department ofrections thanks Chad for being here just want to follow up like the same thing I did
with the other the two universities you're filing for the amending for the whole amount are you still gonna file a report yeah we come back every
Speaker 47
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year just to extend the day so you'll see us every year when these contracts come up for renewal because I here last two
Representative Stetson Painter
Unverified
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months we've we've had agencies been filing for the full amounts kind of starting a new trend and I wanna make sure with see to report to the legislature so thank you very much members any questions
if not without objection these items stand reviewed reports a chance
to Take a minute or two to look at these reports and you have any questions right
and just real quick just to dispel any rumors, I will not be resigning my seat so without objection meetings adjourn.
Agenda
A. Call to Order - Comments from Chairs
B. Methods of Finance
C. General Contractors Construction Projects exceeding Five Million Dollars
D. Discretionary Grants
E. Services Contracts for Legislative Review, RFQ Approvals, and Ratifications
F. Reports and Communications
G. Other Business
H. Adjournment
Documents
| Title | Type | Pages | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agenda — ALC - REVIEW, Sep 15, 2026 | Agenda | 2 | Official source ↗ |
| B. Methods of Finance | Exhibit | 4 | Official source ↗ |
| C. General Contractors Construction Projects exceeding Five Million Dollars | Exhibit | 3 | Official source ↗ |
| D. Discretionary Grants | Exhibit | 12 | Official source ↗ |
| E Contracts | Exhibit | 64 | Official source ↗ |
| F1. Services Contract Amendments Without a Material Change Report | Exhibit | 18 | Official source ↗ |
| F2. Executed Contracts | Exhibit | 23 | Official source ↗ |
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