RCW 39.26.130
Emergency purchases.
(1) An agency may make emergency purchases as defined in subsection (3) of this section. When an emergency purchase is made, the agency head shall submit written notification of the purchase within three business days of the purchase to the director. This notification must contain a description of the purchase, a description of the emergency and the circumstances leading up to the emergency, and an explanation of why the circumstances required an emergency purchase.
(2) Emergency contracts must be submitted to the department and made available for public inspection within three working days following the commencement of work or execution of the contract, whichever occurs first.
(3) As used in this section, "emergency" means a set of unforeseen circumstances beyond the control of the agency that either:
(a) Present a real, immediate, and extreme threat to the proper performance of essential functions; or
(b) May reasonably be expected to result in material loss or damage to property, bodily injury, or loss of life, if immediate action is not taken.
[ 2012 c 224 § 15.]
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.