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Procurement Council Description

Responsibilities: The Council is established under Article XI, Section 161 of the State Finance Law. The Council is responsible for study, analysis and development of recommendations to improve State procurement policy and practices; and, for development and issuance of guidelines governing State agency procurement.

Membership: State Comptroller, Director of Budget, Commissioners of Economic Development and General Services serve ex-officio; seven (7) heads of large and small state agencies appointed by the Governor; and, eight (8) at large members and two (2) non-voting members appointed by legislative leaders. By statute, the Commissioner of the Office of General Services serves as chair of the Council.

Meetings: The Council meets quarterly.

Comments/Recommendations: In December 1996, the Council issued guidelines governing State agency procurement together with several procurement bulletins governing specific areas of procurement policy and practice. The Council has continued to update and add to the guidelines both to reflect statutory changes and to improve procurement practices.

Information: For more information, contact the Procurement Council Coordinating Office, Procurement Services Group, Office of General Services, 37th Floor, Corning Tower Building, Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12242.

Procurement Council Members

Ex-Officio Members

Margaret N. Becker Deputy Comptroller Office of the State Comptroller	Susan Knapp Chief Budget Examiner Division of the Budget
Steven Cohen Deputy Commissioner, Division For Small Business Empire State Development	Carla Chiaro Deputy Commissioner Office of General Services
Legislative Appointees

Robert C. Pape Senate Majority Leader Appointment Term Expires 6/09	Walter J. Edwards Chief Executive Officer Full Spectrum Senate Minority Leader Appointment Term Expires 1/27/10
Richard Healey President and CEO Industries For The Blind of NYS Senate Majority Leader Appointment Term Expires 6/10	James Haggerty Assembly Minority Leader Appointment Term Expires 10/10
Timothy J. Holt, Sr. Director of Central Services Rensselaer County Senate Majority Leader Appointment Term Expires 06/10
Agency Designees

John Smith Director, Fiscal Management Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities	David Russo Acting Director, Consolidated Business Office Office of Mental Health
Marybeth Hefner Department of Health	David DeMarco Chief Information Officer State University of New York
Robert Haggerty First Deputy Commissioner Department of Agriculture & Markets	Stewart R. Kidder Director of Support Operations Department of Correctional Services
Rico Singleton Deputy State Chief Information Officer Office for Technology
Non-Voting Observer

George Oros Senate Majority Leader Apointment Term Expires 1/29/10	Ronald P. Romano NYSID Term Expires 12/11

Last Revised: 01/27/2010