History: 1959 acts substituted "director of purchases" for "supervisor of purchases" and added Subdiv. (f); P.A. 77-614 replaced director of purchases with commissioner of administrative services and department of health with department
of health services, the latter effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 83-143 replaced alphabetic Subdiv. indicators with numeric
indicators, deleted provision whereby commissioner was granted "supervisory control" of all storage facilities of state
property and reworded remaining provisions re commissioner's duties concerning storerooms and warehouses; Sec. 4-110 transferred to Sec. 4a-51 in 1989; P.A. 93-42 added in Subdiv. (1) authorization for commissioner to lease and provision
requiring consultation with executive director of office of information and technology re electronic data processing and
telecommunication equipment and services, effective May 5, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services
with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and
Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July
1, 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-9 amended Subdiv. (1) by deleting proviso that data processing and telecommunications
purchases, leases and contracts be made in consultation with the executive director of the Office of Information and
Technology, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 04-222 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b)
requiring commissioner to give purchasing preference to certain dairy products, poultry, eggs, fruits and vegetables grown
or produced in this state, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 05-287 amended Subsec. (a) to delete former Subdiv. (3) re the
establishment of store rooms and warehouses and former Subdiv. (4) re the operation of trucks and garages necessary to
deliver supplies, redesignate existing Subdiv. (5) as new Subdiv. (3) and eliminate requirement therein that the State
Library photostat and offset printing department and the duplicating facilities of the Department of Public Health remain
as constituted, and redesignate existing Subdiv. (6) as new Subdiv. (4) and eliminate requirement therein to operate central
or regional bakeries, meat cutting establishments and laundry supply services, effective July 13, 2005.
Sec. 4a-59a. Restrictions on contract extensions. Exception. (a) No state agency
may extend a contract for the purchase of supplies, materials, equipment or contractual
services which expires on or after October 1, 1990, and is subject to the competitive
bidding requirements of subsection (a) of section 4a-57, without complying with such
requirements, unless (1) the Commissioner of Administrative Services makes a written
determination, supported by documentation, that (A) soliciting competitive bids for such
purchase would cause a hardship for the state, (B) such solicitation would result in a
major increase in the cost of such supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services,
or (C) the contractor is the sole source for such supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services, (2) such commissioner solicits at least three competitive quotations in
addition to the contractor's quotation, and (3) the commissioner makes a written determination that no such competitive quotation which complies with the existing specifications for the contract is lower than or equal to the contractor's quotation. Any such
contract extension shall be based on the contractor's quotation. No contract may be
extended more than two times under this section.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioners of Administrative Services and Public Works may, for a period of one year from
the date such contract would otherwise expire, extend any contract in effect on May 1,
2005, with a value of fifty thousand dollars or more per year, to perform any of the
following services for the state: Janitorial, building maintenance, security and food and
beverage. Any such extension shall include any applicable increase in the standard wage
and the payroll burden to administer the standard wage, as established by the Labor
Department.
(P.A. 90-252, S. 4, 10; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 71; P.A. 05-287, S. 23.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 added Subsec. (b) re extension of certain janitorial, building maintenance, security
and food and beverage contracts for one year from expiration date and designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), making
technical changes therein, effective May 12, 2004; P.A. 05-287 amended Subsec. (b) to enable both the Commissioner of
Administrative Services and the Commissioner of Public Works to extend janitorial, building maintenance, security and
food and beverage services contracts for a period of one year provided such contract was in effect as of May 1, 2005, has
a value of fifty thousand dollars or more per year and any such extension includes applicable increases in the standard
wage and the payroll burden to administer the standard wage, effective July 13, 2005.
Sec. 4a-67h. Procedures promoting the procurement and use of recycled products and environmentally preferable products and services by state agencies. (a)
As used in this section, "environmentally preferable" means, with regard to products,
services or practices, that such products, services or practices have a lesser or reduced
negative effect on human health and the environment when compared to competing
products, services or practices that serve the same function. "Environmentally preferable
products" includes both recycled and recyclable products.
(b) Within available appropriations, the Department of Administrative Services
shall establish procedures that promote, to the greatest extent feasible, the procurement
and use of recycled products and environmentally preferable products, services, and
practices by state agencies. The department shall: (1) Designate environmentally preferable products, taking into consideration the raw materials acquisition, production, manufacturing, packaging, distribution, reuse, operation, maintenance or disposal aspects of
such products, and establish minimum standards and specifications for their procurement and use; (2) when feasible, include the use of environmentally preferable products
and services as a criteria in a multiple criteria bid or an evaluation factor in requests for
proposals; and (3) consider the use of environmentally preferable business practices
when reviewing the overall performance of a bidder or proposer's business operation.
Such procedures shall not be considered regulations, as defined in section 4-166.
(c) Not later than January 1, 2005, and annually thereafter, the department shall:
(1) Develop and maintain information about environmentally preferable products, services and practices procured through the department, including, but not limited to, products, services and practices that minimize global warming impact and recycled products;
(2) provide assistance with the implementation of the procedures developed pursuant
to subsection (b) of this section and provide information to agencies about the use of
environmentally preferable products and services; and (3) monitor the use of environmentally preferable products, services and practices and recycled products by state agencies. Such information compiled pursuant to this subsection shall designate those products, services or practices that cost the same as or less than other similar products,
services or practices.
(P.A. 01-168, S. 1; P.A. 03-19, S. 9; P.A. 04-252, S. 4; P.A. 05-288, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 03-19 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective May 12, 2003; P.A. 04-252 amended Subsec. (b)
to replace "products and services" with "products, services, and practices", and amended Subsec. (c) to replace "Within
available appropriations" with "Not later than January 1, 2005, and annually thereafter", to add provisions re environmentally preferable practices, to add provision re products, services and practices procured through the department that minimize
global warming impact, and to add provision re products, services or practices that cost the same or less than other similar
products, services or practices (Revisor's note: In 2005, the phrase "Such information compiled pursuant to subsection (c)
of this section and this subsection shall ...", which appeared in the last sentence of said Subsec. (c), as enacted, was changed
editorially by the Revisors to "Such information compiled pursuant to this subsection shall ...", for accuracy); P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subsec. (c), effective July 13, 2005.
Sec. 4a-71. (Formerly Sec. 4-121a). Prompt payment by state departments and
agencies. (a) Except as provided in section 4a-73, each state department and agency
shall pay interest at a rate equal to the monthly effective yield for the Short Term Investment Fund administered by the Treasurer pursuant to sections 3-27a to 3-27f, inclusive,
on amounts due on written contracts for public works, personal services, goods and
services, equipment and travel, whenever such department or agency fails to make timely
payment.
(b) For the purposes of this section, payment shall be timely if: (1) A check or
warrant is mailed or delivered on the date specified for the amount specified in the
applicable contract documents, or, if no date is specified, within forty-five days of receipt
of a properly completed claim or receipt of goods and services, whichever is later; or
(2) for any amount that is required to be withheld under state or federal law, a check or
warrant is mailed or delivered in the proper amount on the date the amount may be
released under the applicable law.
(P.A. 84-243, S. 4; P.A. 05-95, S. 1.)
History: Sec. 4-121a transferred to Sec. 4a-71 in 1989; P.A. 05-95 changed interest rate in Subsec. (a) from one per
cent per month to the monthly effective yield for the Short Term Investment Fund.
Sec. 4a-72. (Formerly Sec. 4-121b). Prompt payment. Exceptions. (a) Section
4a-71 shall not apply to the following: (1) Interagency or intergovernmental transactions; (2) amounts payable to employees or prospective employees of state departments
or agencies as reimbursement for expenses; (3) claims subject to a good faith dispute,
if before the date of timely payment, notice of the dispute is: (A) Sent by certified mail;
(B) personally delivered; or (C) sent in accordance with any procedure in the contract;
(4) contracts entered into before October 1, 1984; (5) contracts related to highway or
road construction, reconstruction or maintenance; or (6) claims, contracts or projects
that are to be paid for exclusively with federal funds.
(b) As used in subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of this section, "good faith dispute"
means: (1) A contention by the state that goods delivered or services rendered were:
(A) Of less quantity or quality than ordered or specified by contract; (B) faulty; or (C)
installed improperly; or (2) any other reason giving cause for the withholding of payment
by the state until such dispute is settled.
(P.A. 84-243, S. 5; P.A. 05-288, S. 20.)
History: Sec. 4-121b transferred to Sec. 4a-72 in 1989; P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective
July 13, 2005.
Sec. 4a-81. Contracts for goods and services over fifty thousand dollars. Affidavit by bidder or vendor re consulting agreements. Failure to submit. Disqualification. (a) On and after July 13, 2005, no state agency or quasi-public agency shall
execute a contract for the purchase of goods or services, which contract has a total value
to the state of fifty thousand dollars or more in any calendar or fiscal year, unless the
state agency or quasi-public agency obtains the written affidavit described in subsection
(b) of this section.
(b) (1) The chief official of the bidder or vendor awarded a contract described in
subsection (a) of this section or the individual awarded such contract who is authorized
to execute such contract, shall attest in an affidavit as to whether any consulting
agreement has been entered into in connection with such contract. Such affidavit shall
be required if any duties of the consultant included communications concerning business
of such state agency, whether or not direct contact with a state agency, state or public
official or state employee was expected or made. As used in this section "consulting
agreement" means any written or oral agreement to retain the services, for a fee, of a
consultant for the purposes of (A) providing counsel to a contractor, vendor, consultant
or other entity seeking to conduct, or conducting, business with the state, (B) contacting,
whether in writing or orally, any executive, judicial, or administrative office of the state,
including any department, institution, bureau, board, commission, authority, official or
employee for the purpose of solicitation, dispute resolution, introduction, requests for
information, or (C) any other similar activity related to such contract. Consulting
agreement does not include any agreements entered into with a consultant who is registered under the provisions of chapter 10 as of the date such affidavit is submitted in
accordance with the provisions of this section.
(2) Such affidavit shall be sworn as true to the best knowledge and belief of the
person signing the certification on the affidavit and shall be subject to the penalties of
false statement.
(3) Such affidavit shall include the name of the consultant, the consultant's firm,
the basic terms of the consulting agreement, a brief description of the services provided,
and an indication as to whether the consultant is a former state employee or public
official. If the consultant is a former state employee or public official, such affidavit
shall indicate his or her former agency and the date such employment terminated.
(4) Such affidavit shall be amended whenever the bidder or vendor awarded the
contract enters into any new consulting agreement during the term of such contract.
(c) Each state agency and quasi-public agency shall include a notice of the affidavit
requirements of this section in the bid specifications or request for proposals for any
contract that is described in subsection (a) of this section.
(d) In the event that a bidder or vendor refuses to submit the affidavit required under
subsection (b) of this section, such bidder or vendor shall be disqualified and the state
agency or quasi-public agency shall award the contract to the next highest ranked vendor
or the next lowest responsible qualified bidder or seek new bids or proposals.
(P.A. 05-287, S. 51.)
History: P.A. 05-287 effective July 13, 2005.