The Procurement Guidelines are designed to assist agencies when procuring commodities, services and technology. The objective in developing this document was to provide guidance, as opposed to a prescription, recognizing the pivotal role agency program and fiscal staff play in the procurement process. The Procurement Guidelines reflect the 1995 recodification of the State's procurement law under Article 11 of the State Finance Law. This recodification clarifies technology acquisitions and adds, for the first time, services acquisitions to the State's statutes. Other contracts, including those for commodities, are awarded using a lowest price methodology.
All contracts are to be awarded to responsive and responsible offerers.
Volume I is prefaced by a General Table of Contents which explains how the guidelines are laid out. Purpose, Scope and Definitions 2. General Policy 3. Selecting a Technique 4. Overview of Available Procurement Techniques 5.