Common use of Feasibility Study Clause in Contracts

Feasibility Study. Decisions to contract out work shall be made only after the affected agency has conducted a formal feasibility study determining the potential costs and other benefits that would result from contracting out the work in question. The Employer shall provide CEA with no less than thirty (30) calendar day’s notice that it intends to issue bids to contract out bargaining unit work where the decision would result in displacement of bargaining unit members. During this thirty (30) day period, the Employer shall not release any bids and CEA shall have the opportunity to submit an alternate plan that shall be given fair consideration. The notification by the Employer to CEA of the results of the feasibility study shall include all pertinent information upon which the Employer based its decision to contract out the work including, but not limited to the total cost savings the Employer anticipates. Nothing in this Article shall prevent the Employer from continually analyzing its operation for the purpose of identifying cost-saving opportunities and improved service. No employees shall be laid off and their work contracted out without meeting this provision.

Feasibility Study. Decisions to contract out work shall be made only after the affected agency has conducted a formal feasibility study determining the potential costs and other benefits that would result from contracting out the work in question. The Employer shall provide CEA with no less than thirty (30) calendar day’s ’s’ notice that it intends to issue bids to contract out bargaining unit work where the decision would result in displacement of bargaining unit members. During this thirty (30) day period, the Employer shall not release any bids and CEA shall have the opportunity to submit an alternate plan that shall be given fair consideration. The notification by the Employer to CEA of the results of the feasibility study shall include all pertinent information upon which the Employer based its decision to contract out the work including, but not limited to the total cost savings the Employer anticipates. Nothing in this Article shall prevent the Employer from continually analyzing its operation for the purpose of identifying cost-saving opportunities and improved service. No employees shall be laid off and their work contracted out without meeting this provision.