PROCUREMENT COORDINATION COMMITTEE

(a) In this section, "department" means the Department of Information Resources. (b) The department and the comptroller shall establish a committee composed of essential personnel of the department and the comptroller to: (1) identify: (A) areas of overlap in the procurement functions of the department and the comptroller and methods to avoid duplication of services; (B) mutually beneficial contracting and procurement methodologies, data collection and management techniques, and customer relations management; (C) opportunities for collaboration on procurement functions that would benefit the state or other customers; and (D) opportunities for consolidation of administrative or other functions to improve customer service and reduce operating costs; and (2) develop: (A) a standardized method for the department and the comptroller to: (i) collect and analyze spending data relating to procurement contracts; and (ii) benchmark and quantitatively measure cost savings and increased administrative efficiency resulting from collaboration and cooperative purchasing; and (B) strategies that encourage coordination between the department and the comptroller relating to procurement functions. (c) The committee may appoint advisory members as appropriate to assist the committee.