18-8-105. Solicitation of bids. (1) In order to contract with a private consultant, a state agency shall establish a bid list in its central office. Any private consultant who desires to submit bids to that agency to provide consulting services may request in writing the agency place him on the agency's bid list.
     (2) Whenever it is reasonably foreseeable that a proposed contract for private consultant services will exceed $5,000, the state agency shall notify all private consultants who have requested to be placed on the agency's bid list. The notice shall contain the following:
     (a) a notice of invitation for offers of consulting services;
     (b) the name and address of the person within the agency to be contacted by a private consultant wishing to make an offer;
     (c) the closing date for receipt of offers of consulting services;
     (d) the procedures and specifications upon which the agency will award the contract for consulting services; and
     (e) any other information that the agency believes pertinent.
     (3) In addition to the notification required in subsection (2), the state agency, in its discretion, may solicit bids for consultant services by advertisement or other means.
     (4) An agency need not follow the provisions of this section in bona fide emergency situations.

     History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 547, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 509, L. 1983.