12-3-210 - Small purchases and delegated purchases.
12-3-210. Small purchases and delegated purchases.
(a) Any procurement not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), for which a source of supply has not otherwise been established, shall be made without requisitioning such goods or services through the department; provided, that procurement requirements shall not be artificially divided so as to constitute a small purchase under this section. The commissioner has the power, subject to the approval of the board of standards, to authorize any or all state departments, institutions, or agencies, to purchase all or any specific types and classes of commodities or services, without following the procedures herein prescribed relating to the requisitioning of such commodities through the department. It is intended that delegation of purchasing authority may be made by agency, by type of commodity or service or by dollar amount of formal or informal purchase, or by any combination thereof. The board of standards shall consider the individual agency's purchasing record in these delegations and shall periodically review purchasing activities of any agency granted such delegation, and may reduce or revoke such delegated purchasing authority.
(b) All purchases authorized and made by departments, institutions, and agencies under the provisions of this section, and the authority granted by the commissioner as therein provided, which exceed one hundred dollars ($100), or a higher amount if the board of standards unanimously agrees upon the amount, shall, whenever practical, be based upon at least three (3) competitive bids and be made in accordance with the provisions of this part and the purchasing rules and regulations as approved by the board of standards. Whenever an order or contract for such purchases is awarded for any department, institution, or agency of state government, a copy of such order or contract shall be forwarded to the department through the department of finance and administration, division of accounts.
[Acts 1987, ch. 337, § 11; 1998, ch. 895, § 3; 2005, ch. 461, § 1; 2009, ch. 65, § 1.]