Mississippi Code
Title 31 - Public Business, Bonds and Obligations
Chapter 7 - Public Purchases

§ 31-7-1. Definitions - The following terms are defined for the purposes of this...

§ 31-7-3. Administration of provisions of chapter; purposes - The Department of Finance and Administration shall administer the provisions...

§ 31-7-5. Administrative rules and regulations - The Department of Finance and Administration shall prescribe rules and...

§ 31-7-7. Duties and powers - Through its director and other supervisory personnel and, upon its...

§ 31-7-10. Lease-purchase program for state agency equipment; participation by local governments; Master Lease-Purchase Program Fund; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund - The Department of Finance and Administration shall select the successful...

§ 31-7-11. Purchasing practices - Each agency of the state shall furnish information relative to...

§ 31-7-13. Bid requirements and exceptions; public auctions - All agencies and governing authorities shall purchase their commodities and...

§ 31-7-13.2. Construction manager at risk method of project delivery; qualifications-based selection procedure for procuring architectural, engineering and land surveying services - The agency or governing authority may conduct discussions with and...

§ 31-7-14. Public contracts of energy efficiency services - Approval by the division of an energy services provider shall...

§ 31-7-14.1. Division of Energy and Transportation authorized to establish energy savings incentive program - The Energy Division shall verify the net savings and net...

§ 31-7-16. Purchase of certain equipment capable of being manufactured or assembled in separate units - In the event equipment is required which is capable of...

§ 31-7-18. Purchase of certain motor vehicles - In addition to the method of purchasing authorized in this...

§ 31-7-21. Functions of Department of Finance and Administration - The provisions of this chapter shall neither repeal nor modify...

§ 31-7-23. Rebates, refunds, etc. from vendor to inure to benefit of agency or governing authority - Any rebates, refunds, coupons, merit points, gratuities or any article...

§ 31-7-38. Establishment of group purchasing programs by certain public hospitals and regional mental health centers - The board of trustees or governing board of any hospital...

§ 31-7-47. Preference to resident contractors - In the letting of public contracts, preference shall be given...

§ 31-7-49. Purchases under contract - In placing orders for purchases under bids received and contracts...

§ 31-7-53. Fertilizer - In making any and all purchases of fertilizer for all...

§ 31-7-55. Penalties - [For penalties applicable to violations occurring between January 1, 1981,...

§ 31-7-55. Penalties - [The following provisions apply to violations which occur on or...

§ 31-7-61. Governmental purchases of foreign beef; prohibition against - It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to purchase...

§ 31-7-63. Governmental purchases of foreign beef; penalties - Any person who violates the provisions of Section 31-7-61 shall...

§ 31-7-65. Governmental purchases of foreign beef; commissioner of agriculture and commerce to give notice - The commissioner of agriculture and commerce of the State of...

§ 31-7-73. Authority of state agencies to contract for energy efficiency services - Any state agency, as defined in Section 31-7-1, Mississippi Code...

Implementation of Central Purchasing by Counties

§ 31-7-101. Implementation of central purchase system; establishment of department of purchasing; appointment of purchase clerk and receiving clerk - From and after the first Monday of January 1989, the...

§ 31-7-103. General responsibility of purchase clerk; central purchase system to comply with requirements of State Department of Audit; purchases of $1,000.00 or less - The purchase clerk shall be responsible as hereinafter provided for...

§ 31-7-105. Procedure on bids - Upon acceptance of any bid by the board of supervisors,...

§ 31-7-107. Inventory control - In addition to the required central purchase system, from and...

§ 31-7-109. Receiving reports - The receiving clerk or his assistants shall, upon proper delivery...

§ 31-7-111. Custody of records - Except as otherwise provided in Section 25-61-11.2, such records, reports,...

§ 31-7-113. State department of audit to design and prescribe forms and systems - The State Department of Audit, under the authority of Section...

§ 31-7-115. Audit reports - The State Auditor, or a certified public accountant employed by...

§ 31-7-124. Bond of purchase clerk, receiving clerk and inventory control clerk - The purchase clerk, receiving clerk and inventory control clerk shall...

§ 31-7-127. Enforcement - In order to ensure the proper enforcement of Sections 31-7-101...

Timely Payment for Purchases by Public Bodies

§ 31-7-309. Recovery of attorney's fees in action to collect interest penalty - Whenever a vendor brings formal administrative or judicial action to...

§ 31-7-311. Annual summary of payment record - The State Fiscal Management Board shall submit to the Appropriations...

§ 31-7-313. Adoption and promulgation of rules and regulations - The State Fiscal Management Board is authorized and directed to...

§ 31-7-315. Relation to provisions governing payments under public works contracts - Sections 31-7-301 through 31-7-317 shall not affect payment under public...

Best Practices for Soliciting Requests for Proposals or Requests for Qualifications

§ 31-7-401. Applicability - Except as otherwise provided by law, the provisions of Sections...

§ 31-7-403. Conditions for use - In addition to determining whether a request for proposals or...

§ 31-7-413. Evaluation factors in the request for proposals or request for qualifications - a. Does the offerer's proposal or qualification demonstrate a clear...

§ 31-7-415. Evaluation committee - "I hereby certify that I have reviewed the conflict of...

§ 31-7-421. Best and final offers - The chief procurement officer shall establish a common date and...