South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 19 - STATE BUDGET AND CONTROL BOARD › Article 4 - OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES › Section 19-445.2000 - State Procurement Regulations

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
A. General.
These Regulations issued by the South Carolina State Fiscal
				Accountability Authority, hereafter referred to as the board, establish
				policies, procedures, and guidelines relating to the procurement, management,
				control, and disposal of supplies, services, information technology, and
				construction, as applicable, under the authority of the South Carolina
				Consolidated Procurement Code, as amended. These Regulations are designed to
				achieve maximum practicable uniformity in purchasing throughout state
				government. Hence, implementation of the Procurement Code by and within
				governmental bodies, as defined in Section
				11-35-310(18)
				of the Procurement Code, shall be consistent with these Regulations. Nothing
				contained in these Rules and Regulations shall be construed to waive any
				rights, remedies or defenses the State might have under any laws of the State
				of South Carolina.
B.
			 Organizational Authority.
(1) The Chief
			 Procurement Officers acting on behalf of the board shall have the
			 responsibility to audit and monitor the implementation of these Regulations and
			 requirements of the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code. In accordance
			 with Section
			 11-35-510
			 of the Code, all rights, powers, duties and authority relating to the
			 procurement of supplies, services, and information technology and to the
			 management, control, and warehousing of supplies, construction, information
			 technology, and services now vested in or exercised by any governmental body
			 under the provisions of law relating thereto, and regardless of source funding,
			 are hereby vested in the appropriate chief procurement officers. In exercising
			 this authority, the chief procurement officers shall afford each using agency
			 reasonable opportunity to participate in and make recommendations with respect
			 to procurement matters affecting the using agency. The chief procurement
			 officers shall be responsible for developing such organizational structure as
			 necessary to implement the provisions of the Procurement Code and these
			 Regulations.
(2) Materials
			 Management Office: The Materials Management Officer is specifically responsible
			 for:
(a) developing a system of training and
			 certification for procurement officers of governmental bodies in accordance
			 with Section
			 11-35-1030;
(b) recommending differential dollar limits
			 for direct procurements on the basis of but not limited to the following:
(1) procurement expertise,
(2) commodity,
(3) service,
(4) dollar;
(c) performing procurement audits of
			 governmental bodies in accordance with Sections
			 11-35-1230
			 and
			 11-35-5340
			 of the Procurement Code.
(d)
			 overseeing acquisitions for the State by the State Procurement
			 Office.
(e) coordinating with the
			 Information Technology Management Office in accordance with Section
			 11-35-820;
(f) overseeing the acquisition of
			 procurements by the State Engineer in accordance with Section
			 11-35-830.
(3) Office of Information
			 Technology Management: The Office of Information Technology Management shall be
			 responsible for all procurements involving information technology pursuant to
			 Section
			 11-35-820
			 of the Procurement Code.
(4) Office
			 of State Engineer: The Office of State Engineer under the direction and
			 oversight of the Materials Management Officer shall be responsible for all
			 procurements involving construction, architectural and engineering,
			 construction management, and land surveying services pursuant to Section
			 11-35-830
			 of the Procurement Code.