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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21-I - Department of Administrative Services › Section 21-I:7 - Internal Audit.

21-I:7 Internal Audit. –
There is hereby established within the office of the commissioner of administrative services an internal audit unit under the supervision of an unclassified internal auditor. The internal audit unit shall:
I. Assist the commissioner by supplying analytical reports of examinations conducted of the department's various divisions, bureaus, units, programs and functions. Examinations will be conducted and reports prepared in accordance with standards of governmental auditing and program evaluation specified by authoritative national standard setting bodies. Reports shall contain analyses, appraisals, comments and recommendations relating to the accuracy and competence of accounting, financial, and management procedures in use. Organizational and operational practices may also be reviewed by the state budget officer.
II. The internal audit unit shall not assume any managerial, supervisory or operational function, nor shall it direct action initiated as a result of its recommendations.
Source.
1983, 416:40. 1989, 396:17, eff. June 5, 1989. 2021, 202:2, Pt. III, Sec. 8, eff. July 1, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21-I - Department of Administrative Services › Section 21-I:7-a - Operational Analysis.

21-I:7-a Operational Analysis. –
I. There is hereby established within the office of the commissioner of administrative services an operational analysis unit under the supervision of an unclassified senior operational analyst.
II. The operational analysis unit shall monitor state agency activities and evaluate agency operations based on priorities established by budget program and statute in the following areas: revenues, expenses, staffing, space utilization, fleet operations, and such other public service needs as the commissioner of administrative services shall direct.
Source.
1985, 399:10, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21-I - Department of Administrative Services › Section 21-I:7-b - Unit of Cost Containment.

21-I:7-b Unit of Cost Containment. –
There is established within the office of the commissioner of administrative services a unit of cost containment. The unit of cost containment shall be responsible for all functions and duties authorized under RSA 604-A, regarding payment, recoupment and monitoring of indigent defense funds. It shall also be responsible for all functions authorized under RSA 461-A:18 relative to recouping guardian ad litem funds. The commissioner is authorized to employ personnel as necessary to accomplish the duties and functions of the unit of cost containment.
Source.
1989, 345:2. 1997, 173:1. 2005, 273:18, eff. Oct. 1, 2005.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21-I - Department of Administrative Services › Section 21-I:7-d - Repealed by 2021, 202:2, Pt. III, Sec. 13, I, eff. July 1, 2021.

21-I:7-d Repealed by 2021, 202:2, Pt. III, Sec. 13, I, eff. July 1, 2021. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21-I - Department of Administrative Services › Section 21-I:11-a - Fund Restrictions; Cash Reserves Prorated.

21-I:11-a Fund Restrictions;  Cash Reserves Prorated. –
I. Expenditures from the fund established by RSA 21-I:11, I(a)(6)(B), shall be restricted to defraying the following costs of the respective programs incurred as a result of transferring donated commodities or surpluses from the consignee point of delivery or point of origin to the ultimate point of consumption:
(a) Compensation and travel expenses of individuals directly connected with the distribution of donated commodities.
(b) Supplies, equipment, warehousing and storage costs.
(c) Labor and transportation costs.
(d) Such other related costs as may be required to effect orderly distribution of commodities.
II. If the program of distribution of donated commodities and surpluses carried out by the surplus distribution section is discontinued due to failure to receive surpluses for distribution, the cash reserves shall be prorated back to the recipients who contributed to such reserves during the previous 3 years.
Source.
1985, 188:5, eff. May 28, 1985. 2014, 327:7, eff. Aug. 2, 2014. 2019, 346:39, eff. July 1, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21-I - Department of Administrative Services › Section 21-I:11-b - Identical Qualified Lowest Bids, Proposals, or Quotations.

21-I:11-b Identical Qualified Lowest Bids, Proposals, or Quotations. –
I. The purpose of this section is to promote procurement practices and procedures which the general court believes will improve the state's procurement process while at the same time establishing a vendor selection procedure which, among other things, is specifically geared toward reducing unemployment and stimulating economic growth in this state.
II. To promote business in this state, when qualified lowest bids, proposals, or quotations are received by the division of procurement and support services at the same price, the division's selection or recommendation for selection shall, if the process is not cancelled by the state, be made by drawing lots, provided, however, that if only one of the vendors offering that price has a principal place of business in New Hampshire, that vendor shall, if the process is not cancelled by the state, be selected or recommended for selection. When qualified lowest bids, proposals, or quotations are received at the same price from more than one vendor which has a principal place of business in New Hampshire, selection or recommendation for selection shall, if the process is not cancelled by the state, be made by drawing lots from among the vendors with a principal place of business in New Hampshire.
Source.
2010, 355:1, eff. Sept. 18, 2010. 2014, 327:8, eff. Aug. 2, 2014.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21-I - Department of Administrative Services › Section 21-I:11-d - Building Maintenance Fund.

21-I:11-d Building Maintenance Fund. –
Each agency for which the department of administrative services is charged with providing building maintenance services shall pay to the department an annual assessment of 75 cents per square foot of such space which the agency occupies. The department of administrative services may make transfers from appropriate agency accounts to address such assessments. Collected amounts shall be deposited in the building maintenance fund, which shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the department of administrative services for the purposes of covering costs associated with continuing maintenance of buildings, space, and other property which it is charged with maintaining.
2019, 346:40, eff. July 1, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21-I - Department of Administrative Services › Section 21-I:13-a - Requests for Financial Information.

21-I:13-a Requests for Financial Information. –
I. Members of the general court, in the performance of their duties as such, shall not be charged for financial information under the control of the commissioner of administrative services, but requests for such information shall be made to the commissioner on forms supplied by him; provided, however, that members shall not have access to information where availability is prohibited by statute such as, but not limited to, RSA 91-A:5. Members of the general court shall have access only to that information available to the legislative budget assistant under RSA 14:31, IV-a.
II. [Repealed.]
Source.
1985, 399:28, eff. July 1, 1985. 2015, 185:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21-I - Department of Administrative Services › Section 21-I:14-a - Repealed by 2008, 359:9, I, eff. Sept. 9, 2008.

21-I:14-a Repealed by 2008, 359:9, I, eff. Sept. 9, 2008. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21-I - Department of Administrative Services › Section 21-I:14-b - Repealed by 2016, 148:1, II, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.

21-I:14-b Repealed by 2016, 148:1, II, eff. Jan. 1, 2017. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 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, 2 of whom shall be members of the house executive departments and administration committee, one of whom shall be a member of the house committee with jurisdiction over public works, and one of whom shall be a member of the house 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. 2022, 323:5, eff. Sept. 6, 2022.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 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. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21-I - Department of Administrative Services › Section 21-I:22-c - State Contracts for Consultants and Consulting Services.

21-I:22-c State Contracts for Consultants and Consulting Services. –
Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 21-I:18, every request for consulting services 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, which would cost more than $35,000 shall contain the particular requirements of the project contemplated in a statement of work to be accomplished. Each statement of work to be accomplished shall be written using objective project standards and shall not contain criteria that are consultant specific. Every request for consulting services which would cost more than $35,000 shall be written to encourage participation by various suppliers. If there are particular requirements that will receive more weight in the review of the submission, these must be so stated.
Source.
1996, 118:1, eff. July 14, 1996. 2014, 327:27, eff. Aug. 2, 2014.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21-I - Department of Administrative Services › Section 21-I:22-d - Awards.

21-I:22-d Awards. –
Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 21-I:18, awards which are made by any branch of state government 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 be based on criteria that are published in the request for proposal and are known to all the parties responding. 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 consultants 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.
1996, 118:1, eff. July 14, 1996. 2014, 327:28, eff. Aug. 2, 2014.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21-I - Department of Administrative Services › Section 21-I:23 - Repealed by 1995, 297:2, II, eff. Aug. 20, 1995.

21-I:23 Repealed by 1995, 297:2, II, eff. Aug. 20, 1995. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21-I - Department of Administrative Services › Section 21-I:24 - Authority for Payment.

21-I:24 Authority for Payment. –
I. The commissioner of administrative services, through the department's division of risk and benefits, is hereby authorized to pay such sum or sums as may be awarded under the provisions of RSA 281-A, and the expense of insurance and third party administrator services providing managed care programs authorized by RSA 281-A:23-a and similar services directly related to the provision and monitoring of workers' compensation benefits payable to state employees.
II. If the injured claimant was employed in a department or agency which has received a legislative appropriation for this purpose, the commissioner of administrative services shall charge said sum or sums to the legislative appropriation. In the event there are not sufficient funds appropriated to the commissioner of administrative services to make payments hereunder, the governor upon request of the commissioner of administrative services is authorized to draw his warrant for such sums from any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; provided that payments made to employees paid from the highway fund shall be a charge upon said highway fund, that payments made to employees paid from the fish and game fund shall be a charge upon said fish and game fund, that payments made to employees paid from special funds shall be a charge upon said special funds, and that payments made to employees paid from other funds shall be a charge upon the general fund.
III. If federal regulations prohibit the direct assessment of payments made pursuant to RSA 21-I:24, I from otherwise applicable federal funds, said payments shall be a charge against the general fund in the first instance, but the commissioner of administrative services shall seek recovery of these payments in such amount and under such conditions as the federal regulations applicable to each affected agency may prescribe.
IV. If managed care program expenses, or other expenses directly related to the provision and monitoring of workers' compensation benefits payable to state employees, are procured by the payment of a group insurance premium or third party administrator services, the commissioner of administrative services shall charge state agencies the cost of such general expenses in proportion to the number of agency employees who receive the services in question in the manner provided by RSA 21-I:24, II.
Source.
1985, 399:1. 1994, 158:18, eff. May 23, 1994. 2017, 193:7, 8, eff. Aug. 29, 2017. 2019, 346:13, eff. July 1, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21-I - Department of Administrative Services › Section 21-I:25-a - Procurement of Managed Care and Other Risk-Shifting Services.

21-I:25-a Procurement of Managed Care and Other Risk-Shifting Services. –
By following the procedures of RSA 21-I:28, the commissioner of administrative services, through the department's division of risk and benefits, and after consultation with the governor and council, may contract for or purchase insurance or third party administrator services providing managed care program services and similar services directly related to the provision and monitoring of workers' compensation benefits payable to state employees.
Source.
1994, 158:19. 1995, 297:1, eff. Aug. 20, 1995. 2017, 193:9, eff. Aug. 29, 2017. 2019, 346:14, eff. July 1, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21-I - Department of Administrative Services › Section 21-I:26 - Purpose and Policy.

21-I:26 Purpose and Policy. –
This subdivision is to provide permanent group life insurance and group hospitalization, hospital medical care, surgical care and other medical and surgical benefits for New Hampshire state employees and their families, and retired state employees and their spouses. This subdivision may also provide access to such benefits, except permanent group life insurance, for employees of the university system of New Hampshire and the community college system of New Hampshire. In view of the accepted value of group insurance to the well-being and efficiency of employees on the part of small and large private employers and the other 5 New England states in obtaining benefits of this type of insurance for their employees, the state of New Hampshire implements this subdivision in order that the state shall compare favorably to the standards now commonly accepted by private employers and the state employees in the other 5 New England states by making available to state employees and their families and retired state employees and their spouses permanent group life insurance and group hospitalization, hospital medical care, surgical care and other medical and surgical insurance benefits.
Source.
1985, 399:1, eff. July 1, 1985. 2018, 6:2, eff. May 20, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21-I - Department of Administrative Services › Section 21-I:26-a - Excise Tax; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

21-I:26-a Excise Tax;  Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. –
The state shall not provide any health insurance plan to state employees subject to the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009, Public Law 111-148, as amended.
Source.
2015, 276:188, eff. Nov. 15, 2015.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21-I - Department of Administrative Services › Section 21-I:27 - Administration.

21-I:27 Administration. –
I. Administration of the state employees permanent group life and state employees and retirees group hospitalization, hospital medical care, surgical care and other medical and surgical insurance benefits shall be the responsibility of the commissioner of administrative services.
II. The commissioner may administer the health benefits of the employees of the State Employees' Association of New Hampshire, Inc., SEIU, Local 1984, and certain retirees of the Association who were in the plan as of July 1, 2013, as set forth in this subdivision until such time as the commissioner concludes that the inclusion of the State Employees' Association employees and certain retirees does not serve the interests of the state employees and the state of New Hampshire. The State Employees' Association shall timely pay to the department of administrative services the cost of the premium for its participating employees and retirees in the plan.
Source.
1985, 399:1. 2006, 207:1. 2007, 263:125, eff. July 1, 2007. 2014, 318:1, eff. Sept. 30, 2014. 2018, 6:1, eff. May 20, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21-I - Department of Administrative Services › Section 21-I:28 - Contract.

21-I:28 Contract. –
The commissioner of administrative services shall be authorized to enter into permanent group life insurance contracts with an insurance company or companies, or other group licensed to do business in the state of New Hampshire. The commissioner of administrative services shall be authorized to enter into group hospitalization, hospital medical care, surgical care, and other medical and surgical benefits contracts with an insurance company or companies, third party administrators, or any organization necessary to administer and provide a health plan under the provisions of this subdivision. The commissioner of administrative services, shall administer contracts entered into to provide the health plan, and the coverage under the health plan, in order to determine which of various contracts would best serve the interests of the state employees and comply with the terms of the collective bargaining agreement.
Source.
1985, 399:1. 2001, 251:1. 2006, 207:2, eff. July 30, 2006.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21-I - Department of Administrative Services › Section 21-I:28-a - Repealed by 2010, 368:1(6), eff. Dec. 31, 2010.

21-I:28-a Repealed by 2010, 368:1(6), eff. Dec. 31, 2010. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21-I - Department of Administrative Services › Section 21-I:29 - Permanent Group Life Insurance.

21-I:29 Permanent Group Life Insurance. –
The state shall provide a permanent life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment group plan for all permanent state employees. The permanent group life insurance program shall provide for a $1,000 face value death benefit with a paid up value upon retirement or leaving state service. The state shall pay the term portion of the life insurance premium and the state employees shall pay for the permanent portion of the life insurance premium on payroll deduction.
Source.
1985, 399:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21-I - Department of Administrative Services › Section 21-I:30-a - Additional Medical and Surgical Benefits.

21-I:30-a Additional Medical and Surgical Benefits. –
I. The state shall pay a premium for permanent group hospitalization, hospital medical care, surgical care, and other medical and surgical benefits for the surviving spouse and dependent children of a deceased group I or group II state employee or retirement system member who dies as the natural and proximate result of injuries suffered while in the performance of duty, provided that:
(a) Any such child shall qualify as a dependent under the provisions of RSA 21-I:26-36 and be under 18 years of age, or if a full-time student, be under 26 years of age.
(b) Any such surviving spouse shall cease to be qualified for medical and surgical benefits under this section upon the remarriage of the surviving spouse.
(c) No surviving spouse or dependent children shall be qualified or continue to be qualified for medical and surgical benefits under this section while receiving medical insurance or health care benefits from any other employer-sponsored plan.
(d) The state shall pay the premium for supplemental medical and surgical benefits under this section for any such child who qualifies as a dependent under the provisions of RSA 21-I:26-36 and who is eligible for medicare benefits.
II. In the case of the surviving spouse and dependent children of a group I or group II state employee or retirement system member who are eligible for medical and surgical benefits under this section and also under the provisions of RSA 100-A:50-55, the state shall pay the difference between the amount paid under RSA 100-A:52 and the premium paid under paragraph I.
III. The additional benefits provided under this section shall be available to the surviving spouse and dependent children of a full-time employee of the state, an agency of the state, or any political subdivision of the state adopting the provisions of RSA 100-A, including full-time elected or appointed officers.
IV. The additional benefits provided under this section shall not be available to any employee, teacher, police officer, or firefighter of a political subdivision of the state if the political subdivision belongs to an organization or association that offers, through the organization or association or its affiliate, insurance coverage with the exception of insurance coverage required to be offered by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA).
V. Funding to pay the premium for benefits under this section shall come from the benefit adjustment account.
Source.
1995, 279:2. 1998, 233:1, eff. Aug. 23, 1998. 2017, 77:2, eff. June 2, 2017.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21-I - Department of Administrative Services › Section 21-I:30-b - Restrictions on Self-Insured Plans.

21-I:30-b Restrictions on Self-Insured Plans. –
The following restrictions apply to self-insured group health plans administered under this subdivision:
I. To the extent that the state assumes the risk with respect to the medical and surgical benefits provided under RSA 21-I:30, the state shall maintain a reserve at least equal to the sum of:
(a) Three percent of estimated annual claims and administrative costs of the health plan; and
(b) The amount determined annually by a qualified actuary to be necessary to fund the unpaid portion of ultimate expected losses, including incurred but not reported claims, and related expenses incurred in the provision of benefits for eligible participants, less any credit, as determined by a qualified actuary, for excess or stop-loss insurance. The reserve amount shall be maintained in the fund established under RSA 21-I:30-c. If the state self-insures for more than one employee group plan, a reserve meeting the requirements of this paragraph must be maintained for each plan.
II. The state may purchase excess or stop-loss insurance for any plan, with attachment levels and limits as recommended by a qualified actuary.
III. For the purposes of this section, "qualified actuary" shall mean an actuary who is a member of the American Academy of Actuaries qualified as to health reserving methodologies.
IV. The total amount required to be maintained in reserve pursuant to this section may be met within a reasonable period of time after the establishment of a reserve fund under RSA 21-I:30-c. The commissioner of administrative services shall ensure that during the time the state is working toward meeting the required reserves the state is able to pay the risk assumed in administering a self-insured group health plan.
Source.
2001, 251:3. 2003, 319:169. 2005, 177:62. 2009, 144:66, eff. July 1, 2009. 2015, 276:164, eff. July 1, 2015.