Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 27 - STATE PERSONNEL BOARD › Part 100 › Chapter 1 - PURPOSE OF BOARD AND REGULATION DEVELOPMENT › Section 27-100-1-101 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

Current through June 25, 2024
1-101.01
Purpose of the Personal Service Contract Procurement Regulations
In 1997, the Mississippi Legislature established the
				  Personal Service Contract Review Board (hereinafter referred to as "PSCRB"),
				  and authorized it to "[p]romulgate rules and regulations governing the
				  solicitation and selection of contractual services personnel . . . ."
				  Mississippi Code Annotated §
										25-9-120(3)(a).
				  The purpose of the
Personal Service Contract Review Board Rules and
				  Regulations
is to set forth rules and regulations, along with other
				  pertinent information, that agencies should follow in the procurement of
				  personal services. The policies and procedures set forth herein apply only to
				  those agencies which fall under the authority of the PSCRB. With the exception
				  of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, agencies under the authority
				  of the PSCRB include those agencies under the authority of the Mississippi
				  State Personnel Board (hereinafter referred to as "MSPB"). See Appendix A. This
				  manual is intended to be a comprehensive presentation of regulations relative
				  to obtaining personal and professional services contracts pursuant to
				  Mississippi Code Annotated §
										25-9-120.
				  Further, it shall serve as a source of information for contractors, instructing
				  them as to the proper procedures that must be followed in doing business with
				  the State of Mississippi.
1-101.02
Interpretation of
				Regulations
1-101.02.01
Interpretation, Purposes and Policies
1-101.02.01
Interpretation, Purposes
				and Policies
These regulations shall be construed and applied to promote
				  the underlying purposes and policies, which are:
(a) to simplify, clarify, and modernize the
				regulations governing contracting for personal and professional services by
				agencies of the State of Mississippi;
(b) to permit the continued development of
				procurement policies and practices;
(c) to provide for increased public
				confidence in the procedures followed in the public procurement for personal
				services contracts;
(d) to ensure
				the fair and equitable treatment of all persons who deal with the procurement
				system of this State for personal service contracts;
(e) to provide increased economy in the State
				of Mississippi procurement activities and to maximize to the fullest extent
				practicable the purchasing value of public funds of the State;
(f) to foster effective broad-based
				competition with the free enterprise system; and,
(g) to provide safeguards for maintenance of
				a procurement system of quality and integrity.
1-101.02.02
Singular-Plural and Gender
				Rules
In these regulations, unless the context requires otherwise:
(a) words in the singular number
				include the plural, and those in the plural include singular; and,
(b) words of a particular gender include any
				gender and the neuter, and when the sense so indicates, words of the neuter
				gender may refer to any gender.