Preparation and Execution. Where the State Procurement Code or these Rules require a written determination, the written determination shall set out sufficient facts, circumstances, and reasoning to substantiate the specific determination which is made. The Chief Procurement Officer is authorized to prescribe methods and operational procedures to be used in preparing written determinations. Each written determination shall be filed in the solicitation or contract file to which it applies, shall be retained as part of such file for so long as the file is required to be maintained, and except as otherwise provided by law or regulation, shall be open to public inspection.

Author: Department of Finance, Legal Division

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§41-4-113; 41-4-133; 41-4-137; 41-4-139; 41-4-143(a)(2).

History: New Rule: Published June 30, 2022; effective August 14, 2022; operative October 1, 2022.