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Rhode Island General Laws

Chapter 37-2

R.I. Gen. Laws tit. 37, ch. 2

State Purchases

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 37-2-9.1RepealedRepealed 37-2-10Distribution of procurement activities 37-2-11Authority and duties of the purchasing agent 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 37-2-16ReservedRepealed 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 37-2-56.1RepealedRepealed 37-2-57RepealedRepealed 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 37-2-71RepealedRepealed 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