Sec. 4e-21. Regulations for small purchase procedures for procurements that do not exceed fifty thousand dollars. Artificial division of procurement requirements. Certain minor, nonrecurring or emerge
Sec. 4e-21. Regulations for small purchase procedures for procurements that
do not exceed fifty thousand dollars. Artificial division of procurement requirements. Certain minor, nonrecurring or emergency purchases. (a) Not later than
January 1, 2010, the State Contracting Standards Board, in consultation with the Department of Administrative Services, shall adopt regulations to establish small purchase
procedures for procurements that do not exceed fifty thousand dollars. Such regulations
shall include a prohibition on the artificial division of a procurement in order to make
use of such small procurement procedures.
(b) The State Contracting Standards Board, in consultation with the Commissioner
of Administrative Services, may determine that a state contracting agency has artificially
divided procurement requirements so as to constitute a small purchase under this section
and, upon such determination shall prohibit the state contracting agency from utilizing
such small purchase procedures.
(c) The State Contracting Standards Board, in consultation with the Commissioner
of Administrative Services, may waive the requirement of competitive bidding or competitive negotiation in the case of minor, nonrecurring or emergency purchases of ten
thousand dollars or less in amount.
(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 21.)
History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 effective January 1, 2009.