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NJ Rev Stat § 40A:11-4.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:11-4.3 - Competitive contracting process; resolution, administration.

40A:11-4.3 Competitive contracting process; resolution, administration.  3. a. In order to initiate competitive contracting, the governing body shall pass a resolution authorizing the use of competitive contracting each time specialized goods or services enumerated in section 1 of P.L.1999, c.440 (C.40A:11-4.1) are desired to be contracted. If the desired goods or services have previously been contracted for using the competitive contracting process then the original resolution of the governing body shall suffice. b. The competitive contracting process shall be administered by a purchasing agent qualified pursuant to subsection b. of section 9 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-9), or, by legal counsel of the contracting unit, or by an administrator of the contracting unit. Any contracts awarded under this process shall be made by resolution of the governing body of the contracting unit, subject to the provisions of subsection e. of section 5 of P.L.1999, c.440 (C.40A:11-4.5). L.1999,c.440,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:11-4.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:11-4.4 - Request for proposals; documentation; provisions.

40A:11-4.4 Request for proposals; documentation; provisions.  4. The competitive contracting process shall utilize request for proposals documentation in accordance with the following provisions: a. The purchasing agent or counsel or administrator shall prepare or have prepared a request for proposal documentation, which shall include: all requirements deemed appropriate and necessary to allow for full and free competition between vendors, but no financial statement shall be required of vendors if either a guarantee, by certified check, cashier's check or bid bond, or a surety company certificate is also required to be furnished by the bidder, unless any law or regulation of the United States imposes a condition upon the awarding of a monetary grant to be used for the purchase, contract or agreement, which condition requires that a financial statement be submitted; information necessary for potential vendors to submit a proposal; and a methodology by which the contracting unit will evaluate and rank proposals received from vendors.  b. The methodology for the awarding of competitive contracts shall be based on an evaluation and ranking, which shall include technical, management, and cost related criteria, and may include a weighting of criteria, all developed in a way that is intended to meet the specific needs of the contracting unit, and where such criteria shall not unfairly or illegally discriminate against or exclude otherwise capable vendors. When an evaluation methodology uses a weighting of criteria, at the option of the contracting unit the weighting to be accorded to each criterion may be disclosed to vendors prior to receipt of the proposals. The methodology for awarding competitive contracts shall comply with such rules and regulations as the director may adopt, after consultation with the Commissioner of Education, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). c. At no time during the proposal solicitation process shall the purchasing agent or counsel or administrator convey information, including price, to any potential vendor which could confer an unfair advantage upon that vendor over any other potential vendor. If a purchasing agent or counsel or administrator desires to change proposal documentation, the purchasing agent or counsel or administrator shall notify only those potential vendors who received the proposal documentation of any and all changes in writing and all existing documentation shall be changed appropriately. d. All proposals and contracts shall be subject to the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1977, c.33 (C.52:25-24.2) requiring submission of a statement of corporate ownership and the provisions of P.L.1975, c.127 (C.10:5-31 et seq.) concerning equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. L.1999, c.440, s.4; amended 2014, c.52, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:11-4.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:11-4.7 - Short title.

40A:11-4.7 Short title.  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Local Unit Electronic Procurement Act." L.2018, c.156, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:11-4.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:11-4.8 - Findings, declarations relative to electronic purchase of certain commodities.

40A:11-4.8 Findings, declarations relative to electronic purchase of certain commodities.  2. The Legislature finds and declares that advances in electronic technology offer opportunities to enhance governmental efficiencies. In order to explore these avenues of improved government efficiency and commerce, it is in the best interests of this State to allow local units of government to adopt proven technologies for the procurement of goods, services, public works construction, and sale of surplus personal and real property through means of electronic technology, and to allow the Department of Community Affairs to promulgate standards for the use of these technologies that provide for the integrity and procedural protections of sealed public bidding and competitive contracting translated to an electronic environment. L.2018, c.156, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:11-4.9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:11-4.9 - Definitions relative to electronic purchase of certain commodities.

40A:11-4.9 Definitions relative to electronic purchase of certain commodities.  3. As used in P.L.2018, c.156 (C.40A:11-4.7 et al.): "Director" means the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs; "Electronic procurement" means the use of computer technology and the Internet for the advertising and submission of public bids, providing notice of revisions or addenda to advertisements or bid documents, the receipt of proposals and quotations, competitive contracting, the use of reverse auctions, and related practices to assist in determining the lowest responsible bidder or proposer who is most advantageous, price and other factors considered, as appropriate, for goods and services, the sale of personal property, and other public procurement-related activities and services as may be determined appropriate by the director; "Goods and services" means any work, labor, commodities, equipment, materials, or supplies of any tangible or intangible nature, except real property or any interest therein, provided or performed through a contract awarded by a contracting agent, including goods and property subject to N.J.S.12A:2-101 et seq.; "Local unit" means a school district as defined in the "Public School Contracts Law," N.J.S.18A:18A-1 et seq., or a contracting unit as defined in the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.); "Public works construction" means any contract that is subject to the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act," P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.); and "Real property" shall include, in addition to the usual connotations thereof, development rights or easements, or any right, interest, or estate in the area extending above any real property, or capital improvement thereon, to such a height or altitude as any title, interest, or estate in real property may extend, commonly known as "air rights," and subject to, but not limited to, the "Local Lands and Buildings Law," P.L.1971, c.199 (C.40A:12-1 et seq.). L.2018, c.156, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:11-4.10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:11-4.10 - Authorization for local units to use electronic purchase of certain commodities.

40A:11-4.10 Authorization for local units to use electronic purchase of certain commodities.  4. Local units are authorized to use electronic procurement practices for such purposes as may be authorized by the governing body of the local unit, and subject to the provisions of P.L.2018, c.156 (C.40A:11-4.7 et al.). L.2018, c.156, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:11-4.11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:11-4.11 - Authorization for local unit, joint purchasing unit, or cooperative pricing system to use electronic purchase of certain commodities.

40A:11-4.11 Authorization for local unit, joint purchasing unit, or cooperative pricing system to use electronic purchase of certain commodities.  5. A local unit or joint purchasing unit or cooperative pricing system is also authorized to use electronic procurement practices for the following purposes: (a) to purchase electric generation service, electric related service, gas supply service, or gas related service, either separately or bundled, for its own facilities so long as the purchase otherwise complies with the provisions of the "Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act," P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-49 et al.); and (b) the sale of surplus personal property that shall otherwise comply with the provisions of section 36 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-36). Contracts awarded for the administration of electronic procurement practices shall be subject to the requirements of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.) and the "Public School Contracts Law," N.J.S.18A:18A-1 et seq., except that they shall be considered as purposes for which competitive contracting may be used. L.2018, c.156, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:11-4.12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:11-4.12 - Rules, regulations.

40A:11-4.12 Rules, regulations.  6. a. The director, in consultation with the State Comptroller and pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the provisions of this act. The rules promulgated pursuant to this section shall include, but shall not be limited to, practices that, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary: (1) convert the law, principals, safeguards, and procedures related to sealed bidding to an electronic procurement environment; (2) authorize local units of government to accept commercial standards for electronic forms of bid security; and (3) establish minimum standards that must be met by systems and services providing and administering electronic procurement activities. The director shall also consult with the Attorney General to develop safeguards to protect against collusion and bid rigging, with the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury to develop practices used for electronic procurement, and with the Office of Information Technology in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury, to ensure the privacy and security of electronic transactions. b. With regard to the notices, advertising bids, or requests for proposals required to be published in an official newspaper of the local unit, such notices, advertising bids, or requests for proposals, as appropriate, shall not be eliminated under the provisions of P.L.2018, c.156 (C.40A:11-4.7 et al.), and shall continue to be published as required by law. c. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, plans and specifications for public works construction contracts that require the seal and signature of a professional engineer, architect, or land surveyor may be included in an electronic file used for electronic procurement as long as the original document from which the electronic file is derived contains a physical or electronic seal and signature as otherwise required by law; however, if and when the State Board of Engineers and Land Surveyors and the New Jersey State Board of Architects adopt rules to permit digital seals and signatures, those rules shall supersede this provision. L.2018, c.156, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:11-5.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:11-5.1 - Authority of city of first class to contract for water supply, wastewater treatment services

40A:11-5.1 Authority of city of first class to contract for water supply, wastewater treatment services  2. The Legislature finds and declares it to be in the public interest and to be the public policy of the State to foster and promote by all reasonable means the collection, storage and distribution of an adequate supply of water for the inhabitants and businesses of the counties and municipalities of this State and to foster and promote the public health by providing for the collection and treatment of sewerage through adequate sewerage facilities. To further promote these interests, and notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the governing body of a city of the first class may enter into a contract with a duly incorporated nonprofit association for the provision of water supply services as defined in subsection (16) of section 15 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-15), or for the provision of wastewater treatment services as defined in subsection (19) of section 15 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-15), or both, as the case may be. The governing body of a city of the first class that has entered into a contract with a duly incorporated nonprofit association pursuant to this section shall obtain the written opinion of bond counsel as to the effect of the contract on the tax exempt status of existing and future financing instruments executed by the parties given the terms of the contract and the federal laws or regulations concerning this matter. Any concession fee or monetary benefit paid by a duly incorporated nonprofit association to the governing body of a city of the first class shall be used for the purposes of reducing or off-setting property taxes, reducing water supply services or wastewater treatment services charges, rates or fees, one-time nonrecurring expenses or capital asset expenditures related to water supply facilities or wastewater treatment systems. Upon executing such contract, the duly incorporated nonprofit association shall be deemed to be providing essential governmental functions on behalf of the city of the first class and, to the extent permitted in the contract, shall exercise all powers and responsibilities of the city of the first class related to the provision of water supply services and wastewater treatment services now or hereinafter provided under law. The authorization provided in this section shall be subject to the provisions of sections 3 through 6 of P.L.2002, c.47 (C.58:28-4 through 58:28-7). L.2002,c.47,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:11-5.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:11-5.2 - Applicability of C.40A:11-1 et seq. to certain contracts by city of first class.

40A:11-5.2 Applicability of C.40A:11-1 et seq. to certain contracts by city of first class.  12. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.2002, c.47 (C.40A:12-17.1 et al.) to the contrary, any expenditure of funds by a duly incorporated nonprofit association that has entered into a contract with the governing body of a city of the first class pursuant to sections 1 and 2 of P.L.2002, c.47 (C.40A:12-17.1 and 40A:11-5.1) for any capital improvements to, or construction of, water supply facilities or wastewater treatment systems shall be subject to the provisions of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11 -1 et seq.) whenever the funds have been derived from the proceeds of obligations or other available public moneys of any public entity including, but not limited to, debt issued by the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust established pursuant to P.L.1985, c.334 (C.58:11B-1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented by P.L.1997, c.224, or a city of the first class. L.2002,c.47,s.12.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:11-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:11-6 - Emergency contracts.

40A:11-6 Emergency contracts.  6. Emergency contracts. Any contract may be negotiated or awarded for a contracting unit without public advertising for bids and bidding therefor, notwithstanding that the contract price will exceed the bid threshold, when an emergency affecting the public health, safety or welfare requires the immediate delivery of goods or the performance of services; provided that the awarding of such contracts is made in the following manner:  a. The official in charge of the agency wherein the emergency occurred, or such other officer or employee as may be authorized to act in place of that official, shall notify the purchasing agent, a supervisor of the purchasing agent, or a designated representative of the governing body, as may be appropriate to the form of government, of the need for the performance of a contract, the nature of the emergency, the time of its occurrence and the need for invoking this section. If that person is satisfied that an emergency exists, that person shall be authorized to award a contract or contracts for such purposes as may be necessary to respond to the emergent needs. Such notification shall be reduced to writing and filed with the purchasing agent as soon as practicable.  b. Upon the furnishing of such goods or services, in accordance with the terms of the contract, the contractor furnishing such goods or services shall be entitled to be paid therefor and the contracting unit shall be obligated for said payment. The governing body of the contracting unit shall take such action as shall be required to provide for the payment of the contract price.  c. The Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs shall prescribe rules and procedures to implement the requirements of this section. d. The governing body of the contracting unit may prescribe additional rules and procedures to implement the requirements of this section.  L.1971,c.198,s.6; amended 1975, c.353, s.5; 1977, c.53, s.3; 1979, c.350, s.3; 1985, c.60, s.3; 1985, c.469, s.8; 1999, c.440, s.10.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:11-6.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:11-6.1 - Award of contracts.

40A:11-6.1 Award of contracts.  6. All contracts enumerated in this section shall be awarded as follows: a. For all contracts that in the aggregate are less than the bid threshold but 15 percent or more of that amount, and for those contracts that are for subject matter enumerated in subsection (1) of section 5 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-5), except for paragraph (a) of that subsection concerning professional services and paragraph (b) of that subsection concerning work by employees of the contracting unit, the contracting agent shall award the contract after soliciting at least two competitive quotations, if practicable. The award shall be made to a vendor whose response is most advantageous, price and other factors considered. The contracting agent shall retain the record of the quotation solicitation and shall include a copy of the record with the voucher used to pay the vendor. b. When in excess of the bid threshold, and after documented effort by the contracting agent to secure competitive quotations, a contract for extraordinary unspecifiable services may be awarded upon a determination in writing by the contracting agent that the solicitation of competitive quotations is impracticable. Any such contract shall be awarded by resolution of the governing body. c. If authorized by the governing body by resolution or ordinance, all contracts that are in the aggregate less than 15 percent of the bid threshold may be awarded by the contracting agent without soliciting competitive quotations. d. Whenever two or more responses to a request of a contracting agent offer equal prices and are the lowest responsible bids or proposals, the contracting unit may award the contract to the vendor whose response, in the discretion of the contracting unit, is the most advantageous, price and other factors considered. In such a case, the award resolution or purchase order documentation shall explain why the vendor selected is the most advantageous. L.1975,c.353,s.6; amended 1977, c.53, s.4; 1983, c.418; 1999, c.440, s.11.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:11-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:11-7 - Contracts not to be divided.

40A:11-7 Contracts not to be divided.  7. Contracts not to be divided. a. No contract in the aggregate which is single in character or which necessarily or by reason of the quantities required to effectuate the purpose of the contract includes the provision or performance of additional goods or services, shall be divided, so as to bring it or any of the parts thereof under the bid threshold, for the purpose of dispensing with the requirement of public advertising and bidding therefor. b. In contracting for the provision or performance of any goods or services included in or incidental to the provision or performance of any work which is single in character or inclusive of the provision or performance of additional goods or services, all of the goods or services requisite for the completion of such contract shall be included in one contract.  L.1971,c.198,s.7; amended 1975, c.353, s.7; 1979, c.350, s.4; 1985, c.60, s.4; 1985, c.469, s.9;1999, c.440, s.12.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:11-7.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:11-7.1 - Rules concerning determinations of aggregation.

40A:11-7.1 Rules concerning determinations of aggregation.  13. For the purpose of ensuring consistency between the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.), and the "Public School Contracts Law," N.J.S.18A:18A-1 et seq., the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs, after consultation with the Commissioner of Education and pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules concerning determinations of aggregation for the purposes of whether a contract is subject to public bidding as set forth in sections 3, 4 and 7 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-3, 40A:11-4 and 40A:11-7) and N.J.S.18A:18A-3, N.J.S.18A:18A-4, and N.J.S.18A:18A-8.  L.1999,c.440,s.13.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:11-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:11-8 - Bids for provision or performance of goods or services.

40A:11-8 Bids for provision or performance of goods or services.  8. Every contracting agent shall, at intervals to be fixed by the governing body, solicit by public advertisement the submission of bids for the provision or performance of goods or services which are and which under section 4 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-4) can be contracted to be provided or performed only after public advertisement for bids and bidding therefor and all contracts for the provision or performance of such goods or services shall be awarded only in that manner. L.1971,c.198,s.8; amended 1999, c.440, s.14.
NJ Rev Stat § 40A:11-9a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40A - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40A:11-9a - Current purchasing agent, lower bid threshold.

40A:11-9a Current purchasing agent, lower bid threshold.  4. An individual who is the duly authorized purchasing agent of a contracting unit and does not possess a qualified purchasing agent certificate on the date of enactment of P.L.2009, c.166 may continue to be referred to as the purchasing agent, but the bid threshold for that contracting unit shall be set at $17,500 until such time as that individual obtains a qualified purchasing agent certificate. A contracting unit exercising this authority shall file a letter to this effect with the director. L.2009, c.166, s.4.