Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 22 - PUBLIC PROPERTY (§§ 22-1-101 — 22-10-505) › Chapter 9 - PUBLIC WORKS (§§ 22-9-101 — 22-9-909) › Subchapter 9 - FAIR NOTICE AND EFFICIENCY IN PUBLIC WORKS ACT (§§ 22-9-901 — 22-9-909) › Section 22-9-906 - Selection of vendors

(a)
(1)
The Office of State Procurement shall select three (3) vendors using the procedures for the procurement of professional services under §
19-11-801
et seq.
(2)
The office may use the responses from a previous request for qualifications under this subchapter for up to five (5) years to replace any vendors that are removed under this subchapter.
(3)
If fewer than three (3) vendors respond to the request for qualifications or if there are fewer than three (3) qualified vendors, the office shall select as many qualified vendors as possible.
(b)
The vendors selected under this subchapter shall be the only vendors with which a public agency may contract for the online advertisement of notices of an intention to receive bids under §§
22-9-203
and
22-9-209
.
(c)
A vendor selected under this subchapter shall:
(1)
Maintain on its website a clearly designated area for public notices that is accessible through a prominently displayed and clearly labeled link from the homepage of the website; and
(2)
Primarily publish in the English language.
(d)
A vendor selected under this subchapter shall not:
(1)
Have a common owner, shareholder, member of a board of directors, employee, or any other similar interest with another vendor selected under this subchapter;
(2)
(A)
Require payment or a subscription to view an advertisement of a notice of an intention to receive bids or any other posting authorized in this section.
(B)
A vendor may require payment or a subscription to view any other document; or
(3)
Provide services under this subchapter for a public agency until the public agency has complied with subsections (e) and (f) of this section.
(e)
Before using the online advertisement of notices of an intention to receive bids as a form of notification, a county, city, or town shall:
(1)
Provide notice through publication in a newspaper concurrently with notification through an online advertisement of notice of an intention to receive bids under this subchapter for five (5) weeks;
(2)
Adopt a resolution at the beginning of each calendar year that identifies each website designated by ordinance for the online posting of advertisements for notices of an intention to receive bids;
(3)
Publish notice in a newspaper of general circulation within the county identifying each website designated for the online posting of advertisements for notices of an intention to receive bids; and
(4)
Adopt an ordinance that identifies each website designated for the online posting of advertisements for notices of an intention to receive bids.
(f)
Before using the online advertisement of bids as a form of notification, a school district shall:
(1)
Provide notice through publication in a newspaper concurrently with notification through an online advertisement of notices of an intention to receive bids under this subchapter for five (5) weeks;
(2)
Adopt a resolution at the beginning of each calendar year that identifies each website designated for the online posting of advertisements for notices of an intention to receive bids; and
(3)
Publish notice in a newspaper of general circulation within the county in which the school district is located that identifies each website designated for the online posting of advertisements for notices of an intention to receive bids.
Added by Act 2019, No. 1075,§ 2, eff. 7/24/2019.