140 – Legislative Findings and Declaration.

§  140.  Legislative  findings and declaration. The legislature hereby
  finds and declares that it is the policy of the state  to  conserve  and
  protect  state  revenues  through the efficient and prudent use of state
  funds  in  state  procurement  contracts.  It  further  finds  that  the
  operation of an efficient procurement information system is an effective
  tool  in  the economic development of the state. To promote this policy,
  it is in the best interest of the state to create a central  information
  source that will alert businesses to new opportunities to participate in
  state  procurement  activities.  To  accomplish  these  public purposes,
  public notice of state procurement contracts shall be given  by  regular
  publication  of  a  compilation  of  the  state's  needs  for  goods and
  services.