§ 39:1754 — Methods of procurement

A. The office of telecommunications management, through the state purchasing office, may procure telecommunications systems and telecommunications services by a request for proposals to conform with the following requirements:
(1) Public notice of the request for proposals shall be the same as for an invitation to bid as provided in R.S. 39:1594(C).
(2)(a) The request for proposals shall indicate the relative importance of all evaluation factors and shall clearly define the work, service, or solution to be provided under the contract, the functional specifications, the criteria to be used in evaluating the proposals, and the time frames within which the work must be completed or the service provided.
(b) For telecommunications systems lease contracts, the request for proposals shall require that proposals contain a declaration as to the maximum price for which the system may be purchased following the termination of the lease contract. No other basis of evaluation shall be used except that set out in the request for proposals.
(3) The office of telecommunications management shall evaluate all proposals to determine the proposal most advantageous to the state, taking into consideration all evaluation criteria set forth in the request for proposals, and shall make a recommendation of award to the state purchasing office.
(4) The office of telecommunications management may request that the state purchasing office reject all proposals when it is deemed that such action is in the best interest of the state.
B. The office of telecommunications management may procure telecommunications systems and telecommunications services in accordance with the law or regulations, or both, which govern the state purchasing office, the division of administration.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1982, No. 152, §1, eff. July 12, 1982; Acts 1997, No. 1098, §1, eff. July 14, 1997; Acts 2014, No. 864, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.