1. (a)

   1. (1) Agencies must submit to the Department of Finance and Administration Office of Intergovernmental Services State Technology Planning (STP) any bid solicitation, sole source, exempt by law purchase, intergovernmental agreement, or cooperative contract purchase for information technology products or services where the total projected contract amount, including any amendments or possible extensions, is one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more.
   2. (2) In addition, any bid solicitation, sole source, exempt by law purchase, intergovernmental agreement, or cooperative contract purchase that includes information technology products or services as part of the purchase, where that part is anticipated to have a total projected contract amount, including any amendments or possible extensions, of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more must be submitted to STP for approval.

2. (b)

   1. (1) STP will provide approval through the state’s financial management system.

   2. (2)

      1. (A) STP shall have ten (10) business days from receipt of the documents to complete the necessary reviews.
      2. (B) If the STP review is not completed within the time frame allowed, the agency and STP must mutually agree to an extension of the review process.

Codification Notes: This section was promulgated as R1:19-11-269 of the Procurement Rules prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules.