8A.302 - DEPARTMENTAL DUTIES -- PHYSICAL RESOURCES.
8A.302 DEPARTMENTAL DUTIES -- PHYSICAL RESOURCES.
The duties of the department as it relates to the physical
resources of state government shall include but not necessarily be
limited to the following:
1. Providing a system of uniform standards and specifications for
purchasing. When the system is developed, all items of general use
shall be purchased by state agencies through the department, except
items used by the state department of transportation, institutions
under the control of the state board of regents, the department for
the blind, and any other agencies exempted by law. However, items of
general use may be purchased through the department by any
governmental entity.
2. Providing for the proper maintenance of the state laboratories
facility in Ankeny and of the state capitol, grounds, and equipment,
and all other state buildings, grounds, and equipment at the seat of
government, except those referred to in section 216B.3, subsection 6.
3. Providing for mail services for all state officials, agencies,
and departments located at the seat of government. However, postage
shall not be furnished to the general assembly, its members,
officers, employees, or committees.
4. Providing architectural services, contracting for construction
and construction oversight for state agencies except for the state
board of regents, state department of transportation, national guard,
natural resource commission, and the Iowa public employees'
retirement system. Capital funding appropriated to state agencies,
except to the state board of regents, state department of
transportation, national guard, natural resource commission, and the
Iowa public employees' retirement system, for property management
shall be transferred for administration to the director of the
department of administrative services.
5. Developing and implementing procedures to conduct
transactions, including purchasing, authorized by this subchapter in
an electronic format to the extent determined appropriate by the
department. The director shall adopt rules establishing criteria for
competitive bidding procedures involving transactions in an
electronic format, including criteria for accepting or rejecting bids
which are electronically transmitted to the department, and for
establishing with reasonable assurance the authenticity of the bid
and the bidder's identity.
6. Providing insurance for motor vehicles owned by the state. Section History: Recent Form
2003 Acts, ch 145, §29; 2004 Acts, ch 1101, §4