New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle G - Office of General Services › Chapter I - Procurement Services Group › Part 250 - Purchasing Procedures And Purchases From Preferred Sources › Section 250.15 - Priority accorded preferred sources

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Except as provided in the New York State Printing and
					 Public Documents Law, priority among preferred sources shall be accorded as
					 follows:
(a) When commodities are
				  available, in the form, function and utility required by a State agency, public
				  authority, commission, public benefit corporation or political subdivision,
				  said commodities must be purchased first from the Department of Correctional
				  Services Correctional Industries Program.
(b) When commodities are available, in the
				  form, function and utility required by, a State agency or political subdivision
				  or public benefit corporation having their own purchasing agency, and such
				  commodities are not available pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, said
				  commodities shall then be purchased from approved charitable non-profit-making
				  agencies for the blind.
(c) When
				  commodities are available, in the form, function and utility required by, a
				  State agency or political subdivision or public benefit corporation having
				  their own purchasing agency, and such commodities are not available pursuant to
				  subdivisions (a) and (b) of this section, said commodities shall then be
				  purchased from a qualified non-profit-making agency for other severely disabled
				  persons, a qualified special employment program for mentally ill persons, or a
				  qualified veterans' workshop.
(d)
				  When services are available, in the form, function and utility required by, a
				  State agency or political subdivision or public benefit corporation having
				  their own purchasing agency, equal priority shall be accorded the services
				  rendered and offered for sale by qualified non-profit-making agencies for the
				  blind and those for the other severely disabled, by qualified special
				  employment programs for mentally ill persons and by qualified veterans'
				  workshops.
(e) In the case of
				  services:
(1) State agencies or political
				  subdivisions or public benefit corporations having their own purchasing agency
				  shall make reasonable efforts to provide a notification describing their
				  requirements to those preferred sources, or to the facilitating entity
				  identified in section
				  250.17 of this Part, which provide
				  the required services as indicated on the official public list maintained by
				  the Office of General Services pursuant to section
				  250.14 of this Part.
(2) If, within 10 days of the notification
				  required by subdivision (e) of this section, one or more preferred sources or
				  facilitating entities identified in section
				  250.17 of this Part submit a notice
				  of intent to provide the service in the form, function and utility required,
				  said service shall be purchased in accordance with this Part. If more than one
				  preferred source or facilitating entity identified in section
				  250.17 of this Part submits
				  notification of intent and meets the requirements, costs shall be the
				  determining factor for purchase among the preferred sources.
(3) If, within 10 days of the notification
				  required by subdivision (e) of this section, no preferred source or
				  facilitating entity identified in section
				  250.17 of this Part indicates
				  intent to provide the service, then the service shall be procured in accordance
				  with section
				  250.10 of this Part. If, after such
				  period, a preferred source elects to bid on the service, award shall be made in
				  accordance with section
				  250.10 of this Part or as otherwise
				  provided by law.