La. Admin. Code tit. 34 § V-2551

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section V-2551 - Procurement Support Team Involvement

A. Procurement support team participation must include, as a minimum, review of the request for proposals, review of using agency evaluation of proposals and award of contract, and review and/or negotiation of contract terms. Procurements requiring a procurement support team will involve the active participation of all of the members of the procurement support team as a unit. There will be at least one joint meeting per phase during the process. The procurement support team will make written evaluations and recommendations as a group; these will not supplant written individual agency approvals as required by statute or regulations. The team leader will be designated by the Office of State Procurement.

B. All data processing consulting service contracts shall be subject to the statutory and regulatory requirements for consulting service contracts in general. The recommendation of a procurement support team member is not to be construed as approval by the agency which that team member represents, in those cases where formal agency approval of the final agreements is required.

C. In situations where formal negotiations with prospective contractors, or a successful proposer, is appropriate, such negotiations will be conducted by a negotiations team appointed by the procurement support team leader. One member of the negotiating team will be designated as lead negotiator. The results of such negotiations will, of course, be subject to all statutory required reviews. The lead negotiator and at least one other member of the negotiating team should have formal training in computer contract negotiations.

D. The individual agencies represented on procurement support teams will have the following primary responsibilities. The responsibilities may be enlarged or modified as appropriate to each given situation by the procurement support team leader with the concurrence of the Office of State Procurement.

1. Legislative Fiscal Office. The Legislative Fiscal Office shall have primary responsibility for the financial analysis of RFP's, and review of funding procedures, and certification of specific appropriation for the purpose prior to the final contract award.

2. Attorney General's Office. The Attorney General's Office shall have primary responsibility for developing the legal terms and conditions of draft contracts, evaluating the legal impact of substantive terms and conditions, reviewing to insure compliance with statutes and regulations, and legal negotiations.

3. Office of State Procurement. The Office of State Procurement shall have primary responsibility for insuring compliance with RFP procedures and regulations.

4. The Using Agency. The using agency shall have primary responsibility for the determination of the compliance of proposals with the functional requirements, drafting of the requests for proposals, the evaluation of proposals, the award of the contract and for all management decisions at each phase of the procurement process.

5. The Office of Information Technology Services shall provide technical staff to the procurement support team. They shall provide advice and support in the area of information technology techniques, negotiation techniques, and reviewing the structure and content of requests for proposals.

La. Admin. Code tit. 34, § V-2551

Promulgated by the Office of the Governor, Division of Administration, Office of Contractual Review, LR 10:460 (June 1984), amended LR 11:1073 (November 1985), repromulgated LR 40:2569 (December 2014), Amended by the Office of the Governor, Division of Administration, Office of State Procurement, LR 44767 (4/1/2018), Amended LR 47587 (5/1/2021).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 39:1490(B).