Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2009/cite/16C.08
Timestamp: 2019-10-17 03:25:12
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﻿ Sec. 16C.08 MN Statutes
Section 16C.08
16C.07 16C.081
2003 Subd. 2 Amended 2003 c 1 art 2 s 51
2003 Subd. 3 Amended 2003 c 1 art 2 s 52
2003 Subd. 4 Amended 2003 c 8 art 1 s 7
2003 Subd. 4 Amended 2003 c 1 art 2 s 53
2003 Subd. 4a New 2003 c 1 art 2 s 54
Subd. 2.Duties of contracting agency.
(a) Before an agency may seek approval of a professional or technical services contract valued in excess of $5,000, it must provide the following:
(1) a description of how the proposed contract or amendment is necessary and reasonable to advance the statutory mission of the agency;
(2) a description of the agency's plan to notify firms or individuals who may be available to perform the services called for in the solicitation;
(3) a description of the performance measures or other tools, including accessibility measures if applicable, that will be used to monitor and evaluate contract performance; and
(4) an explanation detailing, if applicable, why this procurement is being pursued unilaterally by the agency and not as an enterprise procurement.
(b) In addition to paragraph (a), the agency must certify that:
(2) the normal competitive bidding mechanisms will not provide for adequate performance of the services;
(3) reasonable efforts will be made to publicize the availability of the contract to the public;
(4) the agency will develop and implement a written plan providing for the assignment of specific agency personnel to manage the contract, including a monitoring and liaison function, the periodic review of interim reports or other indications of past performance, and the ultimate utilization of the final product of the services;
(5) the agency will not allow the contractor to begin work before the contract is fully executed unless an exception under section 16C.05, subdivision 2a, has been granted by the commissioner and funds are fully encumbered;
(6) the contract will not establish an employment relationship between the state or the agency and any persons performing under the contract;
(7) in the event the results of the contract work will be carried out or continued by state employees upon completion of the contract, the contractor is required to include state employees in development and training, to the extent necessary to ensure that after completion of the contract, state employees can perform any ongoing work related to the same function; and
(8) the agency will not contract out its previously eliminated jobs for four years without first considering the same former employees who are on the seniority unit layoff list who meet the minimum qualifications determined by the agency.
(c) A contract establishes an employment relationship for purposes of paragraph (b), clause (6), if, under federal laws governing the distinction between an employee and an independent contractor, a person would be considered an employee.
Subd. 3.Procedure for professional or technical services contracts.
Before approving a proposed contract for professional or technical services, the commissioner must determine, at least, that:
(1) all provisions of subdivision 2 and section 16C.16 have been verified or complied with;
(2) the agency has demonstrated that the work to be performed under the contract is necessary to the agency's achievement of its statutory responsibilities and there is statutory authority to enter into the contract;
(3) the contractor and agents are not employees of the state;
(4) the contracting agency has specified a satisfactory method of evaluating and using the results of the work to be performed; and
(5) the combined contract and amendments will not exceed five years, unless otherwise provided for by law. The term of the original contract must not exceed two years unless the commissioner determines that a longer duration is in the best interest of the state.
(a) The commissioner shall submit to the governor, the chairs of the house of representatives Ways and Means and senate Finance Committees, and the Legislative Reference Library a yearly listing of all contracts for professional or technical services executed. The report must identify the contractor, contract amount, duration, and services to be provided. The commissioner shall also issue yearly reports summarizing the contract review activities of the department by fiscal year.
(c) Within 30 days of final completion of a contract over $50,000 covered by this subdivision, the head of the agency entering into the contract must submit a one-page report to the commissioner who must submit a copy to the Legislative Reference Library. The report must:
Subd. 5.Contract terms.
(a) A professional or technical services contract must by its terms permit the commissioner to unilaterally terminate the contract prior to completion, upon payment of just compensation, if the commissioner determines that further performance under the contract would not serve agency purposes.
(b) The terms of a contract must provide that no more than 90 percent of the amount due under the contract may be paid until the final product has been reviewed by the head of the agency entering into the contract and the head of the agency has certified that the contractor has satisfactorily fulfilled the terms of the contract, unless specifically excluded in writing by the commissioner. This paragraph does not apply to contracts for professional services as defined in sections 326.02 to 326.15.
1998 c 386 art 1 s 9; 1999 c 116 s 1; 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 51-54; 1Sp2003 c 8 art 1 s 7; 2007 c 148 art 2 s 37-40; 2009 c 131 s 3