The Hawai`i Procurement Institute produces useful and informative programs of instruction for procurement professionals within and outside of the State of Hawai`i.
INITIATIVES FOR 2006:
- Annual HPI Conference - August 22-23, 2006
- Developing Partnerships with Private, Federal, State, and Local Agencies
- Finalizing grants to support seminars for select, targeted contractors
INITIATIVES COMPLETED IN 2005:
- Received book contract from ABA Publishing to comment on ABA Model Procurement Code
- Drafted proposed regulations to implement Hawaii Small Business Preference Legislation
- Assisted in University of Hawaii UARC fact finding and deliberations
EVENTS IN 2004:
Title: Wage Compliance Assistance Conference
Date: June 1 - 3, 2004
Location: East-West Center, University of Hawai`i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai`i
Description: HPI co-sponsored the Wage Compliance Assistance Conference with the United States Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division, Honolulu Area. The Conference featured presentations and workshops on Hawai`i State Enforcement Policies and Procedures for Wage Compliance, Hawai`i Contract Labor Standards, Hawai`i Wage Payment Laws, and Federal Wage Determinations and Conformances under the Davis Bacon Act and the Service Contract Act.
Conference Documents:
Agenda (PDF, 147kb)
Press Release, U.S. Department of Labor (PDF, 18kb)
Conference Photos:
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Professor Danielle Conway-Jones congratulates Nelson Befitel on his instructive presentation about DLIR policies and procedures. |
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Professor Conway-Jones welcomes the 215 participants to the Wage Compliance Assistance Conference at the University of Hawai`i, East-West Center on June 1, 2004. |
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Nelson Befitel, Director, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, provides an overview of enforcement policies and procedures within his agency. |
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Law School Dean Aviam Soifer congratulates ABC representatives Gary Wiseman and Henry Aylward for partnering with Professor Conway-Jones and HPI to produce a successful conference. |
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Dean Aviam Soifer poses with Naomi Ahuna (L) and Trisha Sugita (R) from SSFM International, Inc. after receiving the firm's generous donation in support of the William S. Richardson School of Law and the Hawai`i Procurement Institute. |
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United States Department of Labor partners teach breakout sessions to conference participants on Davis Bacon Act and Service Contract Act standards. |
Contact: HPI Director/Professor Danielle Conway-Jones, dcjones@hawaii.edu
Link: Pacific Business News
Seminars:
Title: Construction Financial Managers Association
Date: February 13, 2004
Location: Topa Financial Plaza, Honolulu, Hawai`i
Description: HPI Director/Professor Conway-Jones presented on procurement-related issues
Title: Earth Tech, Inc. Small Business Conference
Date: February 5, 2004
Location: Honolulu Country Club, Honolulu, Hawai`i
Description: HPI Director/Professor Conway-Jones presented on procurement-related issues
Title: Fiscal Law, Appropriations, and Ethical Responsibility in Department of Defense Contracts and Subcontracts
Date: January 27, 2004
Location: William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai`i at Mānoa, 2515 Dole Street, Classroom 4, Honolulu, Hawai`i
Description: Speaker Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Michael Benjamin, Chief, Contract & Fiscal Law Department, The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School
EVENTS IN 2003:
Title: Institute of Transportation Engineers - Hawai`i Section, December Meeting
Date: December 9, 2003
Location: Belt Collins, 2153 North King Street, Suite 200, Honolulu, Hawai`i, 96819
Description: The featured speakers were Danielle Conway-Jones, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa, and Jessica Horiuchi, attorney for Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing. Ms. Conway-Jones began her presentation regarding Act 52, new legislation pertaining to procurement, by outlining the major points of the legislation. Act 52 calls for the institution of pre-bid conferences so that all bidders are working with the same information, a debriefing mechanism that would inform bidders why they were or were not selected, and negotiative procurement to obtain best and final offers, and the creation of a neutral institute to review, critique, and analyze procurement initiatives. Then Ms. Horiuchi elaborated on the details of sealed bid procurement and the importance of pre-bid conferences. Ms. Conway-Jones then discussed negotiative procurement where applicants can discuss the details of a project with the State so that the scope of work is clear to the applicants and the State can determine if the applicants have sufficient means to complete the project. These proceedings would lead to firm fixed price contracting which would reduce change orders and other factors that can lead to escalating costs. In addition, for projects where the State is not sure what the scope of work should be, these discussions with applicants can help the State to determine exactly what it needs. Ms. Conway-Jones also discussed source selection and how to ensure that the selection process is not influenced by political or other outside sources, as well as, issue of debarment and suspension which is intended to protect the State from procuring applicants that do not have sufficient experience or expertise for a project, or have been previously convicted for a crime.
