§ 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 […]
§ 142. Procurement opportunities newsletter. 1. The commissioner shall publish on a daily basis a procurement opportunities newsletter, which shall contain notices of procurement contract opportunities and any other information the commissioner deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this article. Notices of procurement contract opportunities shall be available on the internet for at least […]
§ 143. Responsibilities of other agencies. 1. Prior to awarding any procurement contract, each agency shall submit to the commissioner information sufficient to enable publication of the notices of procurement contract opportunities described in subdivision two of section one hundred forty-two of this article. Such information shall be submitted to the commissioner in sufficient time […]
§ 144. Exemptions. 1. The provisions of this article shall not apply to: (a) Procurement contracts, which the comptroller exempts pursuant to the procedures contained in subdivision two of this section, awarded on an emergency or critical basis, or on the basis that publication is not feasible, provided, however, that no exemption shall be granted […]
§ 145. Study and report. The state procurement council established pursuant to section one hundred sixty-one of the state finance law, in consultation with the council on contracting agencies established pursuant to executive order 4.125 dated May twenty-second, nineteen hundred eighty-nine, shall study and report by September first, two thousand nine to the governor, the […]
§ 146. Approval of comptroller. The comptroller shall not approve or file any procurement contract for the acquisition of goods or services in the amount of fifty thousand dollars or more unless notice as provided in section one hundred forty-two of this article shall first have been published in the procurement opportunities newsletter at least […]
