SENATE BILL 987

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

INTRODUCED BY

Leonard Lee Rawson

AN ACT

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT; PROVIDING THAT, IN PREPARING SPECIFICATIONS, THE STATE PURCHASING AGENT OR CENTRAL PURCHASING OFFICE SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY SPECIFIC COMPONENT THAT WOULD LIMIT COMPETITION.

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

     Section 1. Section 13-1-164 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984, Chapter 65, Section 137) is amended to read:

     "13-1-164. SPECIFICATIONS--MAXIMUM PRACTICABLE COMPETITION.--All specifications shall be drafted so as to ensure maximum practicable competition and fulfill the requirements of state agencies and local public bodies. In preparing specifications, if, in the opinion of the state purchasing agent or central purchasing office, a proposed component is of a nature that would restrict the number of responsible bidders or responsible offerors and thereby limit competition, if practicable the state purchasing agent or central purchasing office shall draft the specifications without the component and procure the component by issuing a separate invitation for bids or request for proposals or by entering into a sole source procurement."

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