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§ 19-11-201. Title - This subchapter shall be referred to as the “Arkansas Procurement...
§ 19-11-202. Purposes and policies - The underlying purposes and policies of this subchapter are to:...
§ 19-11-203. Definitions generally - As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) “Agency procurement official”...
§ 19-11-204. Definitions concerning source selection and contract formation - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Competitive bidding” means the...
§ 19-11-205. Definitions concerning commodity management - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Commodities” means, for purposes...
§ 19-11-206. Definitions concerning intergovernmental relations - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Cooperative purchasing agreement” means...
§ 19-11-207. Applicability - (a) This subchapter shall apply to every expenditure of public...
§ 19-11-208. Exemptions - Commodities and services need not be procured through the Office...
§ 19-11-209. Construction - This subchapter shall be construed and applied to promote its...
§ 19-11-210. Operation of other laws - Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this subchapter, the...
§ 19-11-211. Obligation of “good faith” - Every contract or duty within this subchapter imposes an obligation...
§ 19-11-212. Existing contracts - The administration of contracts in existence on July 1, 1979,...
§ 19-11-213. Federal assistance requirements - If federal assistance requirements or federal contract requirements conflict with...
§ 19-11-214. Determinations and findings - Written determinations and findings required by this subchapter shall be...
§ 19-11-215. Office of State Procurement - (a) There is created within the Department of Transformation and...
§ 19-11-216. State Procurement Director - (a) (1) The executive head of the Office of State...
§ 19-11-217. Powers and duties of State Procurement Director - (a) The State Procurement Director shall serve as the principal...
§ 19-11-218. Assistants and designees — Written delegation orders - (a) Subject to the provisions of the Uniform Classification and...
§ 19-11-219. Legal counsel — Contract review - (a) The Attorney General shall act as counsel for the...
§ 19-11-220. Agency procurement officials - (a) In addition to any state agency authorized by rule...
§ 19-11-221. Agency procurement official for Division of Correction - (a) In addition to those agencies, institutions, and departments of...
§ 19-11-222. Exclusive jurisdiction over procurement — Definitions - (a) The State Procurement Director has exclusive jurisdiction over the...
§ 19-11-223. Commodities, technical and general services, and professional and consultant services under state contract - (a) (1) In addition to establishing a state contract for...
§ 19-11-224. Interest and carrying charges - State agencies, including exempt agencies, may enter into contracts which...
§ 19-11-225. Rules - (a) (1) The State Procurement Director shall adopt rules in...
§ 19-11-226. Recommendations - (a) The State Procurement Director shall maintain a close and...
§ 19-11-227. Statistical data - The State Procurement Director and the Secretary of the Department...
§ 19-11-228. Methods of source selection - Unless otherwise authorized by law, all contracts shall be awarded...
§ 19-11-229. Competitive sealed bidding — Definition - (a) Definition. “Competitive sealed bidding” means a method of procurement...
§ 19-11-230. Competitive sealed proposals — Definition - (a) Definition. “Competitive sealed proposals” means a method of procurement...
§ 19-11-231. Small procurements - (a) Any procurement not exceeding the amount under § 19-11-204(13),...
§ 19-11-232. Proprietary or sole source procurements - (a) Under rules promulgated under this subchapter, a contract may...
§ 19-11-233. Emergency procurements — Definition - (a) The State Procurement Director, the head of a procurement...
§ 19-11-234. Competitive bidding - (a) (1) Competitive bidding is a method of procurement which...
§ 19-11-235. Responsibility of bidders and offerors - (a) (1) A determination of nonresponsibility of a bidder or...
§ 19-11-236. Prequalification of suppliers - (a) (1) The State Procurement Director may provide for prequalification...
§ 19-11-237. Cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost and cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contracts - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...
§ 19-11-238. Multiyear contracts - (a) Specified Period. Unless otherwise provided by law, a contract...
§ 19-11-239. Finality of determinations - The determinations required by: (1) Section 19-11-229(h), which refers to...
§ 19-11-240. Reporting of suspected collusion — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “collusion” means cooperation in...
§ 19-11-241. Specifications — Definition - (a) Definition. (1) “Specification” means any technical or purchase description...
§ 19-11-242. Commodity management rules - The State Procurement Director shall promulgate rules governing: (1) The...
§ 19-11-243. Proceeds from surplus commodities - The State Procurement Director shall promulgate rules for the allocation...
§ 19-11-244. Resolution of protested solicitations and awards - (a) (1) Any actual or prospective bidder, offeror, or contractor...
§ 19-11-245. Debarment or suspension - (a) Applicability. This section applies to debarment for cause from...
§ 19-11-246. Resolution of contract and breach of contract controversies - (a) Applicability. This section applies to controversies between the state...
§ 19-11-247. Remedies for unlawful solicitation or award - (a) The provisions of this section apply where it is...
§ 19-11-248. Finality of administrative determinations - In any judicial action or other action provided by law,...
§ 19-11-249. Cooperative purchasing - (a) (1) A public procurement unit may participate in, sponsor,...
§ 19-11-250. Sale, etc., of commodities - Any public procurement unit by agreement with another public procurement...
§ 19-11-251. Intergovernmental use of commodities or services - Any public procurement unit may enter into an agreement with...
§ 19-11-252. Rules - The State Procurement Director may promulgate reasonable rules pertaining to...
§ 19-11-253. Joint use of facilities - Any public procurement unit may enter into agreements for the...
§ 19-11-254. State information services - (a) Upon request, the State Procurement Director may make available...
§ 19-11-255. Use of payments received - All payments from any public procurement unit or external procurement...
§ 19-11-256. Compliance by public procurement units - (a) Procurement in Accordance with Requirements. When the public procurement...
§ 19-11-257. Review of procurement requirements - (a) (1) To the extent possible and consistent with efficiency,...
§ 19-11-258. Contract controversies - Under a cooperative purchasing agreement, controversies arising between an administering...
§ 19-11-259. Preferences among bidders — Definitions - (a) Definitions. (1) The definitions in this subsection shall not...
§ 19-11-261. Cooperative purchase of paper products for local governments - (a) (1) All cities, counties, and school districts shall participate...
§ 19-11-262. Multiple award contracts - (a) (1) Multiple award contracts may be made only if...
§ 19-11-263. Special procurements - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the State...
§ 19-11-264. Submission of contracts with members of General Assembly required - (a) All contracts with a member of the General Assembly,...
§ 19-11-265. Submission of contracts required — Definition - (a) (1) Except for critical emergency procurements and as otherwise...
§ 19-11-266. High efficiency lighting — Preference — Definitions - (a) (1) The General Assembly finds: (A) The expansion of...
§ 19-11-267. Development and use of performance-based contracts — Findings - (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) Performance-based contracts provide...
§ 19-11-268. Vendor performance reporting - (a) (1) A state agency shall report a vendor's performance...
§ 19-11-269. Review of information technology plans - The Office of State Procurement shall ensure that all required...
§ 19-11-270. Penalty for intentional violation - A person who purposely violates state procurement laws, Arkansas Code...
§ 19-11-271. Compliance reporting - (a) Each report required under this subchapter shall be copied...
§ 19-11-272. Experience requirement — Findings - (a) (1) The General Assembly finds that: (A) An invitation...
§ 19-11-273. Procurements for services in designated positions and designated financial and information technology positions - A contract for services with a person employed or entity...
§ 19-11-274. Reporting requirements - (a) The State Procurement Director shall compile a monthly report...
§ 19-11-275. Tracking requirements - (a) The State Procurement Director, each agency procurement official, and...
§ 19-11-276. Compliance - (a) A contractor shall ensure, in cooperation with a state...
§ 19-11-277. Solicitation conferences - (a) (1) A state agency may hold a solicitation conference...
§ 19-11-278. Vendor training and polling - The Office of State Procurement shall: (1) (A) Develop and...
§ 19-11-279. Requests for information — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “request for information” means...
§ 19-11-280. Training and certification of procurement personnel - (a) The State Procurement Director shall establish a training and...
§ 19-11-281. Cancellation of contract on entry of final business closure order — Definition. [Effective January 1, 2020.] - (a) As used in this subchapter, “final business closure order”...