Unless otherwise provided by law, all state contracts must be awarded by competitive sealed bidding, pursuant to Section 11-35-1520, except as provided in:
(1) Section 11-35-1250 (Authority to Contract for Auditing Services);
(2) Section 11-35-1260 (Authority to Contract for Legal Services);
(3) Section 11-35-1525 (Fixed Priced Bidding);
(4) Section 11-35-1528 (Competitive Best Value Bidding);
(5) Section 11-35-1529 (Competitive Online Bidding);
(6) Section 11-35-1530 (Competitive Sealed Proposals);
(7) Section 11-35-1535 (Competitive Negotiations);
(8) Section 11-35-1540 (Negotiations After Unsuccessful Competitive Sealed Bidding);
(9) Section 11-35-1550 (Small Purchases);
(10) Section 11-35-1560 (Sole Source Procurements);
(11) Section 11-35-1570 (Emergency Procurements);
(12) Section 11-35-1575 (Participation in Auction or Bankruptcy Sale);
(13) (Reserved)
(14) Section 11-35-3015 (Source Selection Methods Assigned to Project Delivery Methods);
(15) Section 11-35-3220 (Architect Engineer, Construction Management and Land Surveying Services Procurement Procedures); and
(16) Section 11-35-3230 (Exception for Small Architect-Engineer and Land Surveying Services contracts).
HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 148, Section 1; 1997 Act No. 153, Section 1; 2000 Act No. 387, Part II, Section 100A; 2006 Act No. 376, Section 24; 2008 Act No. 174, Section 8; 2019 Act No. 41 (S.530), Section 17, eff May 13, 2019.
Editor's Note
2008 Act No. 174, Section 21, provides as follows:
"This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to solicitations issued on or after January 1, 2008."
2019 Act No. 41, Section 80, provides as follows:
"SECTION 80. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to solicitations issued after that date."
Effect of Amendment
2019 Act No. 41, Section 17, inserted (7), and redesignated (7) to (15) as (8) to (16); and in (16), substituted "contracts" for "Contracts".