3112.1 The Director of Procurement shall give notice of the solicitation for bids or proposals for each contract with an estimated price of more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in accordance with the provisions of §3202 of chapter 32 of this title (sealed bid procurement) or §3304 of chapter 33 of this title (sealed proposal procurement), whichever is applicable, except as provided in otherwise in §3112.4.

3112.2 The Director or a contracting officer may provide for additional advertisement of solicitations by using any of the following methods:

(a) Displaying copies or summaries of a solicitation on bulletin boards in the contracting office and other public places;

(b) Mailing a copy of a solicitation to prospective bidders or offerors on a solicitation mailing list; or

(c) Sending copies of notices or summaries of solicitations to organizations that maintain, without charge to the public or to subscribers, display rooms for the benefit of prospective bidders, offerors, subcontractors, and suppliers.

3112.3 The Director of Procurement shall submit notices of contract awards for contracts over ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to the Department of Administrative Services for publication in the "District of Columbia Procurement Digest."

3112.4 The requirements for public notice of solicitations shall not apply to the following :

(a) Sole source procurement under chapter 34 of this title;

(b) Emergency procurement under chapter 34 of this title;

(c) Small purchases under chapter 35 of this title ; or

(d) Procurement of technical and professional services where a waiver has been granted under §3304.5 of chapter 33 of this title.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 2566 (April 10, 1992).