Private member's bill · 25th Knesset · published as law 7 November 2024
חוק חובת המכרזים (תיקון מס' 26), התשפ"ה–2024Law of Mandatory Bidding (Amendment No. 26), 2024 · automatic translation · suggest a correction
Status: התקבלה בקריאה שלישית
Official summary of the law (Knesset)
The Law establishes that preference will be given in tenders of the state and of bodies required to hold tenders under the Mandatory Tenders Law, for a micro, small, or medium-sized business in which 50% or more of the means of control are held by an active reservist who served at least 20 days of reserve duty during the 12 months prior to the final date for submitting proposals in the tender. In a situation where two or more proposals received an identical weighted result in the tender, being the highest proposal, and one of them belongs to a business controlled by an active reservist – the reservist's proposal will be selected as the winning proposal. The reservist must attach to his proposal a declaration that he is an active reservist, that the business is under his control, and that the proposal is not from a subsidiary of a business employing more than 100 employees or whose annual turnover exceeds 100 million NIS.
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Hebrew original
החוק קובע שתינתן העדפה במכרזים של המדינה ושל גופים החייבים במכרז לפי חוק חובת המכרזים לעסק זעיר, קטן או בינוני ש-50% או יותר מאמצעי השליטה בו נמצאים בהחזקתו של משרת מילואים פעיל, ששירת שירות מילואים 20 ימים לפחות במהלך 12 החודשים לפני המועד האחרון להגשת ההצעות במכרז. במצב בו שתי הצעות או יותר קיבלו תוצאה משוקללת זהה במכרז, שהיא ההצעה הגבוהה ביותר, ואחת מהן היא של עסק בשליטת משרת מילואים פעיל – תיבחר הצעתו של משרת המילואים כהצעה הזוכה. על משרת המילואים לצרף להצעתו הצהרה בדבר היותו משרת מילואים פעיל, שהעסק בשליטתו ושההצעה אינה של חברת בת של עסק המעסיק יותר מ-100 עובדים או שמחזור העסקאות השנתי שלו עולה על 100 מיליון שקלים חדשים.
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Readings
- 19 June 2024 · Preliminary readingהצעת חוק חובת המכרזים (תיקון - עידוד עסקים קטנים ובינוניים בשליטת משרתי מילואים), התשפ"ד-2024Bill on Mandatory Tenders (Amendment - Encouragement of Small and Medium Businesses Controlled by Reserve Service Members), 2024autoBill passed preliminary reading14 for · 0 against
- 5 November 2024 · Third readingהצעת חוק חובת המכרזים (תיקון מס' 26), התשפ"ה–2024Bill for the Mandatory Bidding Law (Amendment No. 26), 2024autoLaw passed14 for · 7 against
What was said in the plenum
The bill amends the Mandatory Tenders Law so that, in deciding between identical bids in government and public body tenders, priority will be given to micro, small and medium-sized businesses controlled by active reservists who served more than 20 days in the 12 months preceding the tender. The debate centered on the need to reward and assist reservist business owners who suffered economically from the war, alongside a reservation raised regarding the uniform eligibility criterion set, without distinguishing between types and length of service.
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Hebrew original
הצעת החוק מתקנת את חוק חובת המכרזים כך שתינתן עדיפות בהכרעה בין הצעות זהות במכרזים ממשלתיים ושל גופים ציבוריים לעסקים זעירים, קטנים ובינוניים הנמצאים בשליטת משרתי מילואים פעילים ששירתו מעל 20 יום ב-12 החודשים שקדמו למכרז. הדיון נסב על הצורך לתגמל ולסייע לבעלי עסקים משרתי מילואים שנפגעו כלכלית מהמלחמה, לצד הסתייגות שהוצגה לגבי הקריטריון האחיד שנקבע לזכאות, ללא הבחנה בין סוגי שירות ואורכו.
Arguments for
- Owners of micro, small, and medium-sized businesses who serve in reserve duty suffer severe economic harm due to their prolonged absence from their businesses, and therefore the harm to them should be reduced by giving them priority in public tenders.Moshe Passal (Likud)
- This is another step in a long line of measures that the government and the Knesset should advance in order to reward and appreciate reservists who risk their lives and halt their daily routines in service of the state.Moshe Passal (Likud), Eli Cohen
- Just as the civilian public already rewards and honors reservists and their businesses on a daily basis, the state, as a tendering authority, should also align with this approach and give them priority.Moshe Passal (Likud)
- The law does a basic and important thing by giving an advantage to those who leave their work and home for reserve duty service, and additional bills in this spirit should be encouraged.
Arguments against
- The bill sets a uniform and inequitable threshold of only 20 days without distinguishing between types of service (for example, service in Tzrifin versus combat service in Gaza or Lebanon) or its duration, so that those serving for very different periods and risks receive the same preference, and more logical eligibility tiers need to be established.Mickey Levy (Yesh Atid)
Who spoke (6)
| Member | Faction | Readings | Speeches | In the final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moshe Passal | Likud coalition | Preliminary reading, Third reading | 2 | for |
| Eli Cohen | — | Preliminary reading | 3 | no record |
| Yitzhak Kroizer | Otzma Yehudit coalition | Preliminary reading | 1 | for |
| Yinon Azoulay | Shas coalition | Preliminary reading | 1 | no record |
| Moshe Turpaz | Yesh Atid opposition | Preliminary reading | 1 | no record |
| Mickey Levy | Yesh Atid opposition | Third reading | 1 | for |
An automatic summary of the plenum transcripts: the debate on the bill at every reading it was voted on. Arguments are given as the speakers made them; this is not an assessment. The list of speakers comes from the transcript, without a model. Transcripts of the sittings: 1, 2
Reservations to the second reading
34 reservations were filed: proposed changes to the text the committee brought to the second and third reading.
The reservations concern the proposed amendment to the Mandatory Tenders Law that grants priority in winning tenders to businesses controlled by active reservists, and seek to change the relevant definitions (controlling holder, active reservist, large business), the conditions and scope of the preference, and to add various oversight, reporting and limiting provisions.
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Hebrew original
ההסתייגויות נוגעות לתיקון המוצע בחוק חובת המכרזים שמעניק עדיפות בזכייה במכרזים לעסקים בשליטת משרתי מילואים פעילים, ומבקשות לשנות את ההגדרות הרלוונטיות (מחזיק בשליטה, משרת מילואים פעיל, עסק גדול), את תנאי ההעדפה ואת תחולתה, ולהוסיף הוראות פיקוח, דיווח וסייגים שונים.
By faction
- National Unity opposition · 25 reservations · 8 members
- Labor opposition · 7 reservations · 4 members
- Yesh Atid opposition · 2 reservations · 24 members
A joint reservation counts for every faction whose members filed it.
Who proposed what
- המחנה הממלכתי · 25The reservations seek to change the terms of the various definitions in the section (control, active reservist, large business), to expand or limit the scope of the preference given to businesses controlled by reservists, and to add provisions regarding supervision, reporting, validity, and various exceptions to the application of the preference.Sections: לסעיף 1
- העבודה · 7The reservations seek to broaden the definition of "controlling holder" to also include effective control, to lower the control rate and the number of reserve duty days required, to require a lawyer's affidavit, to establish additional priority for reservists who served more days, and to delete paragraph (3) of proposed Section 2d(b).Sections: לסעיף 1
- יש עתיד · 2The reservations seek to change the control rate required for the definition of "controlling holder" to 45% and to reduce the number of reserve duty days required for the definition of "active reservist".Sections: לסעיף 1Yair Lapid, Meir Cohen, Karine Elharrar, Meirav Cohen, Elazar Stern, Mickey Levy, Merav Ben Ari, Ram Ben Barak, Yoav Segalovitz, Boaz Toporovsky, Michal Shir Segman, Idan Roll, Yorai Lahav Hertzanu, Vladimir Beliak, Ron Katz, Matti Sarfatti Harcavi, Tatiana Mazarsky, Yasmin Fridman, Debbie Biton, Moshe Turpaz, Simon Davidson, Naor Shiri, Shelly Tal Meron, Yaron Levi
Asked to speak: Ayman Odeh (Hadash–Ta'al), Ahmad Tibi (Hadash–Ta'al), Aida Touma Sliman (Hadash–Ta'al), Ofer Cassif (Hadash–Ta'al), Youssef Atauna (Hadash–Ta'al)
Proposers and reservation numbers are extracted automatically from the committee version, and the count is checked against the numbers printed in it. The descriptions are an automatic summary. Committee version for the second and third reading (PDF)
Reservations, sections and other votes (1)
In order. Votes on reservations and individual sections are shown separately from the vote on the bill as a whole.
- 5 November 2024 · Second reading · סעיף 1הצעת חוק חובת המכרזים (תיקון מס' 26), התשפ"ה–2024Bill for the Mandatory Bidding Law (Amendment No. 26), 2024auto14 for · 7 againstVote on sections of the bill