Chapter 37-2. State Purchases
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37-2-1Purchasing agent — Appointment — Duties.37-2-2General provisions.37-2-3Supplemental general principles of law — Obligation of good faith.37-2-4Applicability.37-2-5Severability — Construction against implicit repealer.37-2-6Determinations.37-2-7Definitions.37-2-8Rhode Island foodstuffs.37-2-9Authority and duties of the chief purchasing officer.37-2-9.1[Repealed.]37-2-10Distribution of procurement activities.37-2-11Authority and duties of the purchasing agent.37-2-12Centralization of the procurement authority. [Effective until January 1, 2026.]37-2-13Procurement regulations.37-2-13.1Procurement regulations — Request for proposal.37-2-14Relationship with user agencies.37-2-15Source selection and contract formation — Statutory provisions.37-2-16[Reserved.]37-2-17Method of source selection.37-2-17.1Rhode Island vendor information program (RIVIP).37-2-17.2Utilization of department of administration Rhode Island vendor information program (RIVIP).37-2-18Competitive sealed bidding.37-2-18.1Reverse auctions.37-2-18.2Exemption from competitive bidding.37-2-19Competitive negotiation.37-2-20Negotiations after unsuccessful competitive sealed bidding.37-2-21Noncompetitive procurements.37-2-22Small purchases.37-2-23Cancellation of invitation for bids and requests for proposals.37-2-24Responsibilities of bidders and offerors.37-2-25Prequalification of contractors — General.37-2-25.1Prequalification of vendors for electronic reverse auctions.37-2-26Prequalification of contractors — Roads — Department of transportation.37-2-27Prequalification — Construction management.37-2-27.1Procurement of construction manager at-risk services — Written determination.37-2-27.2Procurement of construction manager at-risk services — Owner’s program manager.37-2-27.3Procurement of construction manager at-risk services — Technical review committee.37-2-27.4Procurement of construction manager at-risk services — Bidding of subcontracts.37-2-27.5Procurement of construction manager at-risk services — Public records.37-2-28Cost or pricing data.37-2-29Cost plus a percentage of cost.37-2-30Cost reimbursement contracts.37-2-31Use of other types of contracts.37-2-32Approval of accounting system.37-2-33Multi-year contracts.37-2-34Right to inspect facilities — Right to audit.37-2-35Finality of determinations.37-2-36Reporting of suspected collusive bidding or negotiations.37-2-37Report of procurement actions taken under §§ 37-2-21 and 37-2-22.37-2-38Issuance of specifications.37-2-38.1Certification by building commissioner.37-2-39Responsibility for selection of methods of construction contracting management.37-2-40Bid security.37-2-41Contractors’ bonds.37-2-42Price adjustments.37-2-43Contract clauses and their administration.37-2-44Cost and pricing principles — Regulations required.37-2-45Supply disposition process.37-2-46Authority to resolve contract and breach of contract controversies.37-2-47Failure to render timely decisions.37-2-48Arbitration.37-2-49Disputes and appeals procedure.37-2-50Settlement of dispute.37-2-51Decision presumed to be correct.37-2-52Authority to resolve protests.37-2-53Written determination for continuation of the procurement.37-2-54Chief purchasing officer — Purchases.37-2-55Imprest fund.37-2-56Purchasing for municipalities and regional school districts.37-2-56.1Repealed.37-2-57Repealed.37-2-58Review of threshold amounts.37-2-59Professional services — Architectural, engineering, and consultant services — Committee.37-2-59.1Selection of professionals with place of business located in Rhode Island.37-2-60Public announcement of needed architectural, engineering, and consultant services.37-2-61Solicitation.37-2-62Evaluation of qualifications and performance data.37-2-63Selection of firms for discussion with chief purchasing officer — Final selection.37-2-64Professional services — Architectural and engineering services — Public agency.37-2-65Public announcement of needed architectural, engineering or consultant services — Public agency.37-2-66Solicitation — Public agency.37-2-67Evaluation of qualifications and performance data.37-2-68Final selection — Public agency — Directors.37-2-69Provision of architectural, engineering, or consultant services not exceeding twenty thousand dollars.37-2-70Professional services — Legal.37-2-71Repealed.37-2-72Professional services — Medical and dental consultant services.37-2-73Purchasing of pest control services — Effect of an order by the director of environmental management.37-2-74Printing, binding, advertising, and election expenses.37-2-75Prohibition against the use of lead based paints.37-2-76State purchase of recycled products.37-2-76.1Additional definitions.37-2-77International Trade Agreements — Procurement rules — General Assembly approval.37-2-78Severability.37-2-79Establishment of the Rhode Island Strategic Purchasing Advisory Commission.37-2-80Selection of vendors and services with place of business located in Rhode Island.37-2-81Authority to conduct state and national background checks for vendors with access to federal tax information.37-2-82Utilization of North American Contractor Certification companies.