1. (a)

   1. (1) Vendor fee. Vendors shall make application on the Office of State Procurement web site at www.arkansas.gov/dfa/procurement to have their name placed on the State Master Vendor List for the commodities and services they wish to supply or provide.
   2. (2) An annual fee may be required.
2. (b) State Master Vendor List. Inclusion of the name of a business on the vendor’s list does not indicate whether the business is responsible with respect to a particular procurement or otherwise capable of successfully performing a contract.
3. (c) Vendors not on vendor lists. Hard copies of invitations to bid requested in response to public notice or other notification of a particular procurement will be provided to the requestor at a charge consistent with the current costs of reproduction and distribution.
4. (d) Recommended vendors. Vendors listed as recommended vendors on agency purchase requests will be furnished invitations to bid, however, if the contract is awarded to a recommended vendor, that vendor must register on the State Master Vendor List prior to contract award and pay the fee.

Codification Notes: This section was promulgated as R3:19-11-217 of the Procurement Rules prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules.