By Anonymous (not verified), 4 September, 2025

Requires the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services to conduct a comprehensive study of the State’s grant, contracting, and procurement services, including reimbursement rates, cost-of-living or inflation adjustments, application procedures, standard contract language that permits flexibility in terms and conditions and allows for multi-year contracts and clarifies when upfront payments are permitted, delays in execution and payment, impact on wages for employees of contracted nonprofits, best practices from other states, adequate agency staffing levels, complications from the tiered procurement process, appeals and overturned decisions, request for proposal processes, strategies for implementing new federal procurement and contracts guidance, inefficiencies and barriers to equitable access, feasibility of master contracts, and feasibility of allocating funds carried forward; requires stakeholder engagement, including representatives from nonprofits; requires a report.

State Name
Maine
Bill #
L.D. 1449 (S.P. 590)
Status
Adjourned; Not Enacted
Category
4. Government Grants and Contracts
Subcategory
Study/Taskforce
Status Text
Passed Original Chamber
Year Proposed
2025
State Taxonomy
Bill Page
https://legislature.maine.gov/billtracker/#Paper/SP0590?legislature=132