§ 5-30

Proposed contracts; Procurement Policy Board; Commission on Equity and Inclusion. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), within 14 calendar days after notice of the awarding or letting of a contract has appeared in the Procurement Bulletin in accordance with subsection (b) of Section 15-25, the Board or the Commission on Equity and Inclusion may request in writing from the contracting agency and the contracting agency shall promptly, but in no event later than 7 calendar days after receipt of the request, provide to the requesting entity, by electronic or other means satisfactory to the requesting entity, documentation in the possession of the contracting agency concerning the proposed contract. Nothing in this subsection is intended to waive or abrogate any privilege or right of confidentiality authorized by law. (b) No contract subject to this Section may be entered into until the 14-day period described in subsection (a) has expired, unless the contracting agency requests in writing that the Board and the Commission on Equity and Inclusion waive the period and the Board and the Commission on Equity and Inclusion grant the waiver in writing. (c) This Section does not apply to (i) contracts entered into under this Code for small and emergency procurements as those procurements are defined in Article 20 and (ii) contracts for professional and artistic services that are nonrenewable, one year or less in duration, and have a value of less than $20,000. If requested in writing by the Board or the Commission on Equity and Inclusion, however, the contracting agency must promptly, but in no event later than 10 calendar days after receipt of the request, transmit to the Board or the Commission on Equity and Inclusion a copy of the contract for an emergency procurement and documentation in the possession of the contracting agency concerning the contract.

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 100-43, eff. 8-9-17; 101-657, eff. 1-1-22 .)