- (1) Under the law, an agency that considers contracting for services historically and customarily performed by state employees shall determine whether a competitive market exists for the service.
- (2) For the purposes of this chapter, a competitive market exists when there are two or more separate businesses, individuals, nonprofit organizations, or other entities capable of providing the services being considered for competitive contracting.
- (3) Agencies shall not consider an employee business unit as an entity capable of providing the service when determining the existence of a competitive market for that service.
[Statutory Authority: 2011 c 43. WSR 11-23-093, recodified as § 200-320-100, filed 11/17/11, effective 11/17/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 41.06.142. WSR 04-07-104, § 236-51-100, filed 3/17/04, effective 7/1/05.]