RCW 39.26.120
Competitive solicitation.
(1) Insofar as practicable, all purchases of or contracts for goods and services must be based on a competitive solicitation process. This process may include electronic or web-based solicitations, bids, and signatures. This requirement also applies to procurement of goods and services executed by agencies under delegated authority granted in accordance with RCW 39.26.090 or under RCW 28B.10.029.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section applies to contract amendments that substantially change the scope of work of the original contract or substantially increase the value of the original contract.
[ 2012 c 224 § 13.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 39 - Public Contracts and Indebtedness
Chapter 39.26 - Procurement of Goods and Services.
39.26.020 - Ethics in public contracting.
39.26.030 - State procurement records—Disclosure.
39.26.040 - Prohibition on certain contracts.
39.26.050 - Provision of goods and services.
39.26.060 - Cooperative purchasing.
39.26.070 - Convenience contracts.
39.26.080 - Procurement policy—Director's responsibility and authority—Master contracts.
39.26.090 - Director's duties and responsibilities—Rules.
39.26.102 - Exemption—Department of corrections.
39.26.120 - Competitive solicitation.
39.26.125 - Competitive solicitation—Exceptions.
39.26.130 - Emergency purchases.
39.26.140 - Sole source contracts.
39.26.150 - Public notice—Posting on enterprise vendor registration and bid notification system.
39.26.170 - Complaints—Protests.
39.26.180 - Contract management.
39.26.200 - Authority to fine or debar.
39.26.210 - List of agency contracts—Contract audits.
39.26.235 - Purchase of wireless devices or services.
39.26.240 - Awards of procurement contracts to veteran-owned businesses.
39.26.245 - Awards of procurement contracts to office of minority and women's business enterprises.
39.26.250 - Preferences—Purchase of goods and services from inmate work programs.
39.26.260 - Preferences—In-state procurement.
39.26.271 - Rules for reciprocity in bidding.
39.26.285 - Purchases of goods and services from nonprofit agencies for the blind.
39.26.290 - Tests and data of products procured.
39.26.300 - Purchase of spoken language interpreter services—When authorized—Requirements.
39.26.320 - Contracting for services—Employees in classified service—Procedures and criteria.
39.26.330 - Postconsumer recycled content in plastic trash bags—Purchasing priority.