SENATE CORPORATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL 987

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007

AN ACT

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT; ENACTING A NEW SECTION OF THE PROCUREMENT CODE TO PROVIDE FOR SEPARATE PRICING OF CERTAIN COMPONENTS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. A new section of the Procurement Code is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] SPECIFICATION OF CERTAIN COMPONENTS--SEPARATE PRICING REQUIRED.--Prior to submitting a bid or proposal for a state public works project or a local public works project, if the state purchasing agent, the central purchasing office or a responsible bidder or responsible offeror determines that there is only one source for a specific service, construction or item of tangible personal property that is required in the specifications, the state purchasing agent, central purchasing office, responsible bidder or responsible offeror may require any bid or offer submitted by a subcontractor or supplier to price separately the specific service, construction or item of tangible personal property."

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