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CT Gen Stat § 4e-12 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4e - State Contracting|Chapter 62 - State Contracting Standards Board|Section 4e-12 - Procurement codes for legislative and judicial branches. Requirements.

 (a) On or before February 1, 2011, the judicial branch and the legislative branch shall each prepare a procurement code applicable to contracting expenditures, including, but not limited to, expenditures: (1) Involving contracting and procurement processes for purchasing or leasing of supplies, materials or equipment, consultant or consultant services, personal service agreements or purchase of service agreements; and (2) relating to contracts for the renovation, alteration or repair of any judicial branch or legislative branch facility in accordance with section 4b-1.(b) The procurement codes described in subsection (a) of this section shall be designed to: (1) Establish uniform contracting standards and practices; (2) simplify and clarify contracting standards and procurement policies and practices, including, but not limited to, procedures for competitive sealed bids, competitive sealed proposals, small purchases, sole source procurements, emergency procurements and special procurements; (3) ensure the fair and equitable treatment of all businesses and persons who deal with the procurement system; (4) include a process to maximize the use of small contractors and minority business enterprises; (5) provide increased economy in procurement activities and maximize purchasing value to the fullest extent possible; (6) ensure that the procurement of supplies, materials, equipment, services, real property and construction is obtained in a cost-effective and responsive manner; (7) include a process to ensure contractor and judicial branch or legislative branch accountability; and (8) provide a process for competitive sealed bids, competitive sealed proposals, small purchases, sole source procurements, emergency procurements, special procurements, best value selection, qualification based selection and the conditions for their use.(c) On or before February 1, 2011, the judicial branch shall submit such procurement code for review and approval to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary.(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 12.)History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 effective January 1, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 4e-13 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4e - State Contracting|Chapter 62 - State Contracting Standards Board|Section 4e-13 - State Contracting Portal. Requirements. Posting of bids, requests for proposals and resulting contracts on portal.

 (a) The Department of Administrative Services, in consultation with the State Contracting Standards Board, shall establish and maintain a single electronic portal available on the Internet and located on the Department of Administrative Services' web site for purposes of posting all contracting opportunities with state agencies in the executive branch, the constituent units of the state system of higher education and quasi-public agencies. Such electronic portal shall be known as the State Contracting Portal.(b) The State Contracting Portal shall, among other things, include: (1) All requests for bids or proposals, and other solicitations regardless of the method of source selection, related materials and all resulting contracts and agreements by state agencies; (2) a searchable database for locating information; (3) personal services agreements and purchase of service agreements; (4) a state procurement and contract manual or other similar information designated by the Department of Administrative Services as describing approved contracting processes and procedures; and (5) prominent features to encourage the active recruitment and participation of small businesses and women and minority-owned enterprises in the state contracting process.(c) All state agencies in the executive branch, the constituent units of the state system of higher education and quasi-public agencies shall post all bids, requests for proposals and all resulting contracts and agreements on the State Contracting Portal and shall, with the assistance of the Department of Administrative Services as needed, develop the infrastructure and capability to electronically communicate with the State Contracting Portal.(d) All state agencies in the executive branch, the constituent units of the state system of higher education and quasi-public agencies shall develop written policies and procedures to ensure that information is posted to the State Contracting Portal in a timely, complete and accurate manner consistent with the highest legal and ethical standards of state government.(e) The Department of Administrative Services shall periodically report to the Governor and the State Contracting Standards Board on the progress of all state agencies in the executive branch, the constituent units of the state system higher education and quasi-public agencies, in developing the capacity, infrastructure, policies and procedures to electronically communicate with the State Contracting Portal and the Department of Administrative Services' progress toward establishment and maintenance of the State Contracting Portal.(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 13; P.A. 11-51, S. 86.)History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 effective January 1, 2009; P.A. 11-51 amended Subsec. (c) to delete reference to Department of Information Technology, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 4e-14 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4e - State Contracting|Chapter 62 - State Contracting Standards Board|Section 4e-14 - Requirements for contracts taking effect on or after June 1, 2010.

 On and after June 1, 2010, all state contracts of each state contracting agency that take effect on or after June 1, 2010, shall contain provisions to ensure accountability, transparency and results based outcomes, as prescribed by the State Contracting Standards Board. On and after June 1, 2010, all state contracts of the legislative branch and the judicial branch that take effect on or after June 1, 2010, shall contain provisions to ensure accountability, transparency and results based outcomes.(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 14.)History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 effective January 1, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 4e-15 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4e - State Contracting|Chapter 62 - State Contracting Standards Board|Section 4e-15 - Requirements of janitorial work pilot program for persons with disability and persons with a disadvantage unaffected by certain state contracting provisions.

 Nothing in sections 4e-1 to 4e-14, inclusive, and 4e-16 shall be construed to affect the requirements of subsection (f) of section 4a-57, subsection (p) of section 4a-60g, sections 4a-82 and 17b-656 and subsection (c) of section 31-57g.(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 15.)History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 effective January 1, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 4e-17 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4e - State Contracting|Chapter 62 - State Contracting Standards Board|Section 4e-17 - Application of privatization and contracting provisions, generally.

 (a) Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of sections 4e-16 to 4e-47, inclusive, shall apply to all contracts solicited or entered into by state contracting agencies after June 1, 2010.(b) Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of sections 4e-16 to 4e-47, inclusive, shall apply to every expenditure of public funds by any state contracting agency, irrespective of their source, involving any state contracting and procurement processes, including, but not limited to, leasing and property transfers, purchasing or leasing of supplies, materials or equipment, consultant or consultant services, personal service agreements, purchase of service agreements or privatization contracts, as defined in section 4e-1, and, relating to contracts for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling, repair or demolition of any public building, bridge or road.(c) Nothing in sections 4e-16 to 4e-47, inclusive, shall be construed to require the application of procurement statutes or regulations to a procurement that involves the expenditure of federal assistance or federal contract funds if federal law provides procurement procedures applicable to the expenditure of such funds, to the extent such federal procedures are inconsistent with state procurement statutes or regulations.(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 17.)History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 effective June 1, 2010.
CT Gen Stat § 4e-18 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4e - State Contracting|Chapter 62 - State Contracting Standards Board|Section 4e-18 - Acquisition of supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services. Requisition system.

 For the purpose of obtaining supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services, except infrastructure facilities, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall establish a requisition system to be used by state contracting agencies to initiate and authorize the procurement process. Such system shall be approved by the State Contracting Standards Board.(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 18.)History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 effective June 1, 2010.
CT Gen Stat § 4e-19 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4e - State Contracting|Chapter 62 - State Contracting Standards Board|Section 4e-19 - Methods for the award of contracts for supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services by state contracting agencies. Regulations.

 (a) All purchases of, and contracts for, supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services by any state contracting agency, except purchases and contracts made pursuant to the provisions of section 4e-23, shall be awarded by one of the following methods, unless otherwise authorized by law:(1) Competitive sealed bidding;(2) Competitive sealed proposals;(3) Small purchase procedure;(4) Sole source procurement;(5) Emergency procurements; or(6) Waiver of bid or proposal requirement for extraordinary conditions.(b) Not later than June 1, 2010, the State Contracting Standards Board shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to define each of the methods listed in subsection (a) of this section, establish the circumstances in which each such method shall be used by state contracting agencies, and establish the processes and criteria by which purchases and contracts shall be awarded in accordance with each such method.(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 19.)History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 effective October 1, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 4e-20 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4e - State Contracting|Chapter 62 - State Contracting Standards Board|Section 4e-20 - Regulations for issuing invitations for bids. Regulations for award of certain contracts and purchase orders by a method of source selection other than competitive sealed bidding.

 (a) Not later than June 1, 2010, the State Contracting Standards Board shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, specifying the procedure for issuing invitations for bids which shall include the required elements of an invitation for bids, the process for opening of bids, and criteria for the evaluation and award of bids.(b) Not later than June 1, 2010, the State Contracting Standards Board, in consultation with the Commissioner of Administrative Services, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, specifying the circumstances in which contracts and purchase orders, in an amount in excess of fifty thousand dollars, may be awarded by a method of source selection other than competitive sealed bidding.(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 20.)History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 effective January 1, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 4e-21 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4e - State Contracting|Chapter 62 - State Contracting Standards Board|Section 4e-21 - Regulations for small purchase procedures for procurements that do not exceed fifty thousand dollars. Artificial division of procurement requirements. Certain minor, nonrecurring or emergency purchases.

 (a) Not later than January 1, 2010, the State Contracting Standards Board, in consultation with the Department of Administrative Services, shall adopt regulations to establish small purchase procedures for procurements that do not exceed fifty thousand dollars. Such regulations shall include a prohibition on the artificial division of a procurement in order to make use of such small procurement procedures.(b) The State Contracting Standards Board, in consultation with the Commissioner of Administrative Services, may determine that a state contracting agency has artificially divided procurement requirements so as to constitute a small purchase under this section and, upon such determination shall prohibit the state contracting agency from utilizing such small purchase procedures.(c) The State Contracting Standards Board, in consultation with the Commissioner of Administrative Services, may waive the requirement of competitive bidding or competitive negotiation in the case of minor, nonrecurring or emergency purchases of ten thousand dollars or less in amount.(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 21.)History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 effective January 1, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 4e-22 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4e - State Contracting|Chapter 62 - State Contracting Standards Board|Section 4e-22 - Regulations for the award of a contract for a supply, service or construction item without competition.

 Not later than June 1, 2010, the State Contracting Standards Board, in consultation with the Commissioner of Administrative Services, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, specifying the circumstances in which a contract may be awarded for a supply, service or construction item without competition. Such regulations shall include, but not be limited to, situations in which an agency contracting officer states in writing that there is only one source for the required supply, service or construction item, provided sole source procurement is not permitted unless a requirement is available from only a single supplier.(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 22.)History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 effective January 1, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 4e-23 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4e - State Contracting|Chapter 62 - State Contracting Standards Board|Section 4e-23 - Regulations for the waiver of competitive bid or proposal requirements.

 Not later than June 1, 2010, the State Contracting Standards Board, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, shall adopt regulations establishing procedures for waiver of competitive bid or proposal requirements.(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 23.)History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 effective January 1, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 4e-24 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4e - State Contracting|Chapter 62 - State Contracting Standards Board|Section 4e-24 - Regulations for emergency procurements when a threat to public health, welfare or safety exists.

 Not later than June 1, 2010, the State Contracting Standards Board, in consultation with the Commissioner of Administrative Services and any other appropriate award authority, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, permitting emergency procurements when there exists a threat to public health, welfare or safety. Such emergency procurements shall be made with competition, as is practicable under the circumstances. Said regulations shall require that a written determination of the basis for the emergency and for the selection of the particular contractor be included in the contract file and transmitted to the Governor, the president pro tempore of the Senate, the majority and minority leaders of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives and the majority and minority leaders of the House of Representatives.(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 24.)History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 effective January 1, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 4e-25 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4e - State Contracting|Chapter 62 - State Contracting Standards Board|Section 4e-25 - Request for factual information reasonably available to bidder or proposer.

 A state contracting agency may request factual information reasonably available to the bidder or proposer to substantiate that the price or cost offered, or some portion of it, is reasonable.(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 25.)History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 effective January 1, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 4e-26 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4e - State Contracting|Chapter 62 - State Contracting Standards Board|Section 4e-26 - Regulations for the establishment of standards for the preparation, maintenance and content of specifications for supplies, services and construction.

 Not later than June 1, 2010, the State Contracting Standards Board, in consultation with the Commissioner of Administrative Services, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, establishing standards for the preparation, maintenance, and content of specifications for supplies, services, and construction required by the state.(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 26.)History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 effective January 1, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 4e-27 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4e - State Contracting|Chapter 62 - State Contracting Standards Board|Section 4e-27 - Regulations for the use of cost-reimbursement contracts.

 Not later than June 1, 2010, the State Contracting Standards Board, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, specifying the types of contracts that may be used by state contracting agencies. Such regulations shall specify that a cost-reimbursement contract may be used only when a determination is made in writing by the agency procurement officer that such contract is likely to be less costly to the state than any other type or that it is impracticable to obtain the supplies, services or construction required except under such a contract.(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 27.)History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 effective January 1, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 4e-28 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4e - State Contracting|Chapter 62 - State Contracting Standards Board|Section 4e-28 - Regulations concerning the submission of accounting system documentation by contractors to state contracting agencies.

 Not later than June 1, 2010, the State Contracting Standards Board shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, requiring that contractors submit appropriate documentation to the appropriate state contracting agency, prior to the award of a contract, to confirm that the proposed contractor's accounting system will permit timely development of all necessary cost data in the form required by the specific contract type.(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 28.)History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 effective January 1, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 4e-29 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4e - State Contracting|Chapter 62 - State Contracting Standards Board|Section 4e-29 - Inspection of contractor's or subcontractor's plant or place of business by state contracting agency.

 Each contract of a state contracting agency shall provide that a state contracting agency may, at reasonable times, inspect the part of the plant or place of business of a contractor or any subcontractor which is related to the performance of any contract awarded, or to be awarded by the state, to ensure compliance with the contract.(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 29.)History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 effective January 1, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 4e-30 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4e - State Contracting|Chapter 62 - State Contracting Standards Board|Section 4e-30 - Audit of contractor's or subcontractor's books and records by state contracting agency.

 A state contracting agency may audit the books and records of a contractor or any subcontractor under any negotiated contract or subcontract to the extent that such books and records relate to the performance of such contract or subcontract. Such books and records shall be maintained by the contractor for a period of three years from the date of final payment under the prime contract and by the subcontractor for a period of three years from the expiration of the subcontract.(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 30.)History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 effective January 1, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 4e-31 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4e - State Contracting|Chapter 62 - State Contracting Standards Board|Section 4e-31 - Notice of suspected collusion or other anticompetitive practice to the Attorney General.

 When, for any reason, collusion or other anticompetitive practices are suspected among any bidders or proposers for a state contract, a notice of the relevant facts shall be transmitted to the Attorney General by any affected party, including, but not limited to, the state contracting agency, a bidder or a proposer.(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 31.)History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 effective January 1, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 4e-32 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4e - State Contracting|Chapter 62 - State Contracting Standards Board|Section 4e-32 - Retention and disposal of procurement records by state contracting agencies.

 Each state contracting agency shall retain and dispose of all procurement records in accordance with records retention guidelines and schedules approved by the Public Records Administrator.(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 32.)History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 effective January 1, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 4e-33 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 4e - State Contracting|Chapter 62 - State Contracting Standards Board|Section 4e-33 - Record of contracts awarded for certain small purchases, minor, nonrecurring or emergency purchases and under waiver of competitive bid or proposal requirements.

 The agency procurement officer of each state contracting agency shall maintain a record that lists all contracts awarded pursuant to section 4e-21 and the regulations adopted under section 4e-23 for a minimum of five years after the date of any such award. Such record shall contain:(1) Each contractor's name;(2) The amount and type of each contract; and(3) A listing of the supplies, services or construction procured under each contract.(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 33.)History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 effective June 1, 2010.