N.J. Admin. Code § 17:13-5.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 17:13-5.1 - Planning

(a) Within 60 calendar days of the finalization of the State budget for each State contracting agency, that agency shall submit to the Division a plan for the coming fiscal year to comply with the programs established by these rules. The Division will assist any State contracting agency in the development of its plan, upon request.

1. The plan shall include a list of all known procurements and reprocurements scheduled to bid during that fiscal year, including the following information:

i. The name of the products or services covered by the contract;

ii. The expiration date of the current contract and the estimated date of the public bid;

iii. The term or duration of the contract;

iv. The estimated dollar value of the contract or the amount expended to date on the current contract;

v. The contracts that the agency intends to set aside in each of the three small business set-aside categories set forth at 17:13-4.1;

vi. The contracts which have been identified as appropriate for its set-aside programs and the contracts which have been identified as appropriate for its target programs;

vii. In addition to the requirements in (a)1i through vi above, the Division of Purchase and Property shall identify those multi-source term contracts included in the Cooperative Purchasing Program and indicate which of the multi-source contracts will be set-aside in their entirety and which will contain select line items set aside for small businesses.

2. Each State contracting agency, with the exception of the Division of Purchase and Property, shall include a list of those products and services typically purchased under the bidding threshold, identifying those deemed appropriate for inclusion in the small business programs.

i. Each State department served by the Division of Purchase and Property shall provide the Division with a list of those products and services typically purchased pursuant to its delegated purchasing authority, or with a list of those products and services purchased during the preceding fiscal year under that authority.

3. Each State contracting agency shall list contracts awarded as the result of Waivers of Advertising.

4. Each State contracting agency shall quarterly update its small business program plans with a list of line item contracts not included in its initial procurement schedules, containing the same information required by 17:13-5.1(a).

5. Copies of contracting plans shall be available for review during normal business hours in the office of each State contracting agency.

(b) The Division shall review the plan to determine whether it is reasonably designed to achieve the State contracting agency's goal of awarding at least 10 percent of its total contracting dollars to small businesses whose gross revenues do not exceed $ 500,000, and at least an additional 15 percent of its total contracting dollars to the additional category of small businesses whose gross revenues do not exceed $ 12 million or the applicable Federal revenue standards established at 13 CFR 121.201, incorporated herein by reference, whichever is higher.

N.J. Admin. Code § 17:13-5.1