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NH Rev Stat § 21-I:14-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:14-c - Energy Consumption Reduction Goal; Reports.

    21-I:14-c Energy Consumption Reduction Goal;  Reports. –||I. Each state department shall identify cost-effective measures to reduce fossil fuel consumption by 25 percent by 2025 in state buildings, on a square foot basis, compared to a 2005 baseline. Implementation of any measures shall be subject to the appropriate budgetary process and approval. Cost effectiveness for the purposes of this section shall mean a return on investment based on energy savings and reduced operational costs within the expected lifetime of the measure.||II. Beginning in calendar year 2016, each state department shall submit an annual report to the commissioner of administrative services on or before October 15 which details any cost-effective measures it is utilizing and those potential measures, subject to budgetary approval, to comply with the energy consumption reduction goal established in paragraph I and its annual progress in complying with this goal.||III. Beginning in calendar year 2016, the commissioner shall submit an annual report to be made available to the public on or before January 15 compiling the annual reports submitted under paragraph II, with findings on the departments' annual progress in complying with the energy consumption reduction goal established in paragraph I and problems which may prevent the departments from achieving this goal, to the governor, the senate president, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chair of the senate energy and natural resources committee and the chair of the house science, technology and energy committee.|||Source. 2010, 328:2, eff. July 20, 2010. 2012, 281:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013. 2015, 259:4, eff. July 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:14-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:14-d - Advisory Committee on State Procurement.

    21-I:14-d Advisory Committee on State Procurement. –||I. There is established an advisory committee on state procurement. The members of the committee shall be as follows:||(a) Four members of the house of representatives, 3 of whom shall be members of the house executive departments and administration committee and one of whom shall be a member of the finance committee, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.||(b) One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.||II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.||III. The committee shall work with the department of administrative services and department of justice to update state procurement procedures. The committee shall meet at least annually and on an as-needed basis to address procurement issues identified by the committee.||IV. The members of the committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Three members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.||V. Beginning November 1, 2016, and each November 1 thereafter, the committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the commissioner of the department of administrative services, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library.|||Source. 2016, 55:4, eff. May 5, 2016. 2017, 50:2, eff. July 11, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:15 - Sundry Materials and Supplies.

    21-I:15 Sundry Materials and Supplies. –||I. The director of procurement and support services may purchase materials and supplies in advance of requisition by state departments and institutions, and such purchases shall be a charge against each departmental or institutional appropriation upon requisition and delivery.||II. The state treasurer upon presentation by the director of procurement and support services of manifests covering said supplies is authorized to pay the same from any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.||III. The director of procurement and support services is authorized to assess a fair and equitable charge with respect to such materials and supplies, such charge to be made against the departmental or institutional appropriation upon requisition and delivery. Such charges shall be sufficiently high to defray all administrative, warehousing, processing, distribution and transportation costs incurred by the division of procurement and support services plus the cost of supplies necessary to the operation of the division.||IV. The funds arising from such charges shall be separately accounted for, and are hereby appropriated to and made available for expenditure by the director of procurement and support services, subject to the approval of the commissioner of administrative services, for the purposes set forth in paragraph III.|||Source. 1985, 399:1, eff. July 1, 1985. 2014, 327:15, eff. Aug. 2, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:16 - Furniture.

    21-I:16 Furniture. –||All furniture bought shall be charged to the proper department, and shall not be a charge upon the appropriation for the care, maintenance, and repair of the state buildings.|||Source. 1985, 399:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:17-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:17-a - Delegation of Purchasing Authority.

    21-I:17-a Delegation of Purchasing Authority. –||I. The director of procurement and support services may, upon written application of the governing board of any agency, authorize such governing board, or one or more individuals designated by such board, to purchase supplies for the agency directly from vendors by the use of field purchase orders, or by the use of procurement cards issued for that purpose; provided, however, that no such field purchase order or procurement card shall be used where a total expenditure of more than $1,000 is involved unless such use is otherwise allowed by law. The form and use of such field purchase orders or procurement cards shall be prescribed by rules adopted by the commissioner of administrative services pursuant to RSA 541-A in consultation with the state treasurer, or in the department's manual of procedures described in RSA 21-I:14, I. Rules or procedures adopted by the commissioner relative to procurement cards shall include processes for monitoring the use of such cards. Procurement cards shall be used only for state purposes. Unauthorized use of a procurement card may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment. Any person who knowingly uses a procurement card in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Agencies' use of procurement cards shall be subject to the limitations of the amounts appropriated by the legislature.||II. Upon the joint recommendation of the commissioner of administrative services and the governing board of any agency, the governor and council, in their discretion, may authorize such governing board, or one or more individuals designated by such governing board to purchase supplies for the agency directly from vendors in such quantities and for such sums as the governor and council shall prescribe; provided, however, that any such authority shall be subject to the limitations of the amounts appropriated and the purposes authorized by the legislature for the agency, and provided further that all such delegations of purchasing authority shall expire on December 31 of the even numbered years. Whenever such purchasing authority is so delegated to any agency, the requirements of RSA 21-I:11, I(a)(3) and (4) and rules adopted pursuant to RSA 21-I:14, XII, shall apply to the governing board or its authorized agent exercising such delegated authority.|||Source. 1985, 399:31. 1994, 89:1. 2010, 209:2, eff. Aug. 27, 2010. 2014, 327:17, eff. Aug. 2, 2014. 2015, 253:1, eff. Sept. 11, 2015. 2016, 55:3, eff. May 5, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:17-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:17-b - Purchase of Electricity by Competitive Bidding.

    21-I:17-b Purchase of Electricity by Competitive Bidding. –||I. When evaluating bids for electric power supply and services, the quality of service, the reliability of service, the coordination of services, and other reasonable factors shall be considered in addition to the price of electricity. The bidding process shall be open to bids which serve less than the entire needs of the state, or which provide electric power supply or services separately, in order to increase the number of potential suppliers.||II. When submitting electric power supply bids, vendors should include information, to the extent practicable, on the fuel sources and air pollutant emission profiles of significant sources of generation under the proposed bid.||III. The solicitation of competitive bids for electric power supply shall only apply to wholesale power purchased from the electric grid and does not apply to power purchase agreements under RSA 21-I:19-d, which will result in power generated on state-owned property. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to mean that any energy contract entered into under RSA 21-I:19-d shall not be subject to competitive bidding.|||Source. 1996, 79:3. 2020, 37:58, eff. Sept. 27, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:17-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:17-c - Contracts for Use by More Than One Agency.

    21-I:17-c Contracts for Use by More Than One Agency. –||Agencies shall make use of contracts which have been entered into by the department of administrative services, division of procurement and support services, for more than one agency when procuring commodities or services that are available to the agency under such contracts, unless granted a waiver from this requirement by the commissioner of administrative services. The commissioner shall grant a waiver when he or she concludes that to do would be in the best interests of the state.|||Source. 2009, 162:4, eff. Sept. 6, 2009. 2014, 327:18, eff. Aug. 2, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:17-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:17-d - Use of Procurement Cards for Purchase of Commodities or Services.

    21-I:17-d Use of Procurement Cards for Purchase of Commodities or Services. –||I. In addition to the division of procurement and support services' authority to allow the use of field purchase orders or procurement cards for the purchase of supplies under RSA 21-I:17-a, the director of procurement and support services may authorize agencies, or their designees, to purchase commodities or services directly from vendors by the use of procurement cards issued for that purpose; provided, however, that no such procurement card shall be used where a total expenditure of more than $1,000 is involved unless such other use is otherwise allowed by law, or unless the commissioner of administrative services or his or her designee authorizes a higher total expenditure on a case by case basis. The commissioner or his or her designee may authorize a higher total expenditure only if he or she concludes that to do so would be in the best interests of the state.|| I-a. The director of procurement and support services also may, upon written application of an agency, authorize the agency, or one or more individuals designated by the agency, to purchase commodities or services secured by or through the division using procurement cards issued for that purpose; provided, however, that no such card shall be used for an expenditure which is greater than the amount allowed by the division for purchases under the applicable contract, or the price allowed by the division for the commodity or service, and provided further that use of such cards shall be in accordance with paragraphs II and III.||II. Use of a procurement card under paragraph I or I-a shall not alter any other purchasing requirements which may apply to the agency or to the type of purchase at issue, including but not limited to any restrictions or limitations contained in contracts entered into by the division of procurement and support services and any processes, rules, or manual of procedures provisions adopted by the department of administrative services which are applicable to the purchase. Agencies' use of procurement cards shall be subject to the limitations of the amounts appropriated by the legislature.||III. The form and use of credit cards to conduct or pay for purchases under paragraph I or I-a shall be prescribed by rules adopted by the commissioner of administrative services pursuant to RSA 541-A in consultation with the state treasurer, or in the department's manual of procedures described in RSA 21-1:14, I. Rules or procedures adopted by the commissioner shall include processes for monitoring the use of cards. Cards shall be used only for state purposes. Unauthorized use of a card may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment. Any person who knowingly uses a card in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 2015, 253:3, eff. Sept. 11, 2015. 2020, 37:44, eff. Sept. 27, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:19 - Products and Services of Persons With Disabilities.

    21-I:19 Products and Services of Persons With Disabilities. –||Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, whenever products or services of persons with disabilities are available, the director of procurement and support services may purchase the same at their fair market value in accordance with the following:||I. The director shall determine the fair market price on all suitable products manufactured by persons with disabilities and services rendered by persons with disabilities and offered for sale to the state or any of its agencies by any charitable nonprofit agency for the disabled, which is incorporated under the laws of this state, and which manufactures merchandise and provides services within the state and which is approved for such purpose by the director of the division of procurement and support services. The director shall revise such prices from time to time, in accordance with changing market conditions, and shall adopt such rules regarding specifications, time of delivery and other relevant matters as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. At the request of the director of procurement and support services, the commissioner of education shall assist the director in distributing requests for goods and services of persons with disabilities among approved agencies for the disabled.||II. If products or services are available for procurement from any department or agency of the state, and procurement therefrom is required by the provisions of any other section of this chapter or any other law, procurement of such products shall be made in accordance with such other provisions of law.|||Source. 1985, 399:1. 1990, 140:3, eff. June 18, 1990. 2014, 327:20, eff. Aug. 2, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:19-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:19-a - Energy Efficient Measures; State Policy.

    21-I:19-a Energy Efficient Measures;  State Policy. –||I. It shall be the policy of the state of New Hampshire to prioritize public health and environmental quality, while maximizing economic benefits through the use of economical energy efficiency measures including, but not limited to, energy conservation, strategic electrification, fuel switching, cogeneration, renewable energy, and energy storage in the construction, renovation, operation, and maintenance of properties owned or leased by the state. Further, it shall be the policy of the state to encourage municipalities to incorporate such measures into their properties to the greatest extent possible.||II. The department of administrative services shall consider energy measures including, but not limited to, energy conservation, energy efficiency, strategic electrification, fuel switching, cogeneration, renewable energy, energy storage, and the energy life cycle costs as significant criteria in its construction, renovation, operation, and purchasing and leasing decisions.|||Source. 1993, 74:1, eff. April 23, 1993. 2020, 37:53, eff. Sept. 27, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:19-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:19-c - Repealed by 2010, 368:1(5), eff. Dec. 31, 2010.

    21-I:19-c Repealed by 2010, 368:1(5), eff. Dec. 31, 2010. –|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:19-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:19-e - Energy Cost Savings Revert to General Fund.

    21-I:19-e Energy Cost Savings Revert to General Fund. –||At the end of each biennium, 50 percent of the general funds remaining in an agency's energy costs budget shall revert to the state energy investment fund established in RSA 21-I:19-f. All remaining budgeted energy funds shall revert to the general fund.|||Source. 1993, 74:1, eff. April 23, 1993. 2020, 37:59, eff. Sept. 27, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:19-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:19-f - State Energy Investment Fund.

    21-I:19-f State Energy Investment Fund. –||There is hereby established a state energy investment fund into which shall be deposited moneys received by the state for participating in demand response, utility or public utility commission programs, energy cost savings distribution as defined in RSA 21-I:19-e, or the sale of renewable energy certificates, as defined by RSA 362-F:6, for state-owned renewable thermal and electricity projects. The state treasurer may invest moneys in the fund as provided by law, with interest received on such investment credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the division of plant and property to be used exclusively to fund energy efficiency or renewable energy projects and energy efficiency or renewable energy contracts; to reimburse the department of administrative services, division of public works design and construction, for costs of providing construction administration services including, but not limited to, design and oversight of design and construction of energy saving or renewable energy measures; and to reimburse state agencies for program expenses or completing energy saving or renewable energy measures.|||Source. 2008, 166:3, eff. July 1, 2008. 2014, 327:21, eff. Aug. 2, 2014. 2017, 135:1, eff. Aug. 15, 2017. 2020, 37:60, eff. Sept. 27, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:19-ff (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:19-ff - State Heating System Savings Account.

    21-I:19-ff State Heating System Savings Account. –||There is hereby established the state heating system savings account for the transfer of unexpended state heating system appropriations due to reduced heating system costs resulting from the 26 state buildings served by the Concord Steam project authorized in 2017, 2. Notwithstanding RSA 21-I:19-e, at the end of each state fiscal year, the commissioner of administrative services shall identify the unexpended appropriations in the accounts and class lines for the 26 state buildings served by the replacement of the Concord Steam facility. The commissioner shall deposit such sums into the account established by this section. Funds in the state heating system savings account shall be nonlapsing and appropriated to the department of administrative services for the biennium ending June 30, 2021, and the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022 and may be used to pay principal and interest on bonds and notes issued to fund the capital project for the heating of state facilities located at the Governor Hugh J. Gallen state office park and state-owned buildings in downtown Concord.|||Source. 2017, 156:135, eff. July 1, 2017. 2021, 91:2, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:19-j (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:19-j - Agreements to Lease-Purchase Vehicles Authorized.

    21-I:19-j Agreements to Lease-Purchase Vehicles Authorized. –||Any agency, as defined in RSA 21-G:5, III, may, with the prior written approval of the department of administrative services, enter into an agreement to rent, lease, or lease-purchase vehicles from any outside vendor, or to rent or lease vehicles from any other state agency or department.|||Source. 2017, 156:92, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:21 - Rulemaking of State Treasurer.

    21-I:21 Rulemaking of State Treasurer. –||The state treasurer may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the substitution of securities for the amount retained on state contracts.|||Source. 1985, 399:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:22-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:22-a - Request for Purchases and Request for Quotes.

    21-I:22-a Request for Purchases and Request for Quotes. –||Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 21-I:18, every request for purchases (RFP), request for quotes (RFQ) or other procurement which is greater than $35,000 that is undertaken by the state or by a state agency as defined in RSA 21-I:11, II(b), including those agencies referenced in RSA 21-I:18, shall contain within the body of the document the objective criteria by which each submission will be reviewed, if there are particular requirements that will receive more weight in the review of the submission, and the standards upon which any award will be based.|||Source. 1995, 266:1, eff. Aug. 18, 1995. 2014, 327:25, eff. Aug. 2, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 21-I:22-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 21-I - Department of Administrative Services|Section 21-I:22-b - Awards.

    21-I:22-b Awards. –||Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 21-I:18, awards which are made by the state or by a state agency as defined in RSA 21-I:11, II(b), including those agencies referenced in RSA 21-I:18, under this subdivision shall not be made on criteria that are unknown to the parties submitting bids or proposals. Nothing in this subdivision shall prevent the state or a state agency as defined in RSA 21-I:11, II(b), including those agencies referenced in RSA 21-I:18, from making judgments on the capabilities of vendors to complete the work requested if this option is clearly stated in the body of the document and if used as the reason for the award, is so stated.|||Source. 1995, 266:1, eff. Aug. 18, 1995. 2014, 327:26, eff. Aug. 2, 2014.|