Title 4a — Title 4a: Administrative Services

Sec. 4a-50. (Formerly Sec. 4-109). Definitions. When used in this chapter, unless the context indicates a different meaning: (1) “State agency” includes any officer, department, board, council, commission, institution or other agency of the Executive Department of the state gover…

Sec. 4a-51. (Formerly Sec. 4-110). Duties of Administrative Services Commissioner re purchases. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall: (1) Purchase, lease or contract for all supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services required by any state agency, exc…

Sec. 4a-52. (Formerly Sec. 4-111). Regulations. Not later than January 1, 1995, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall adopt regulations for the following purposes: (1) To authorize any agency to purchase directly specified supplies, materials, equipment and contractua…

Sec. 4a-52a. Purchases by constituent units of the state system of higher education. Disqualification from bidding. Delegation of purchasing authority to state agencies. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4a-51 or 4a-52, the chief executive officer of each constituent …

Sec. 4a-52b. Circumstances in which constituent units authorized to purchase by negotiation. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, a constituent unit of the state system of higher education or an institution of the Connecticut State University Sys…

Sec. 4a-53. (Formerly Sec. 4-110c). Cooperative purchasing plans. Purchase from person having contract to sell to other governmental or nonprofit entities or public purchasing consortia. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may join with federal agencies, other state g…

Sec. 4a-53a. Contracting agent for group of municipalities. The Commissioner of Administrative Services may serve as the contracting agent for a group of three or more municipalities that seek to purchase supplies, materials or equipment, upon the request of such group of municip…

Sec. 4a-54. (Formerly Sec. 4-110a). Purchasing by certain institutions through Administrative Services Commissioner. Connecticut Children's Medical Center, The American School at Hartford for the Deaf, The Connecticut Institute for the Blind, any other institution or agency that …

Sec. 4a-55. (Formerly Sec. 4-110b). Laundry service and supply contracts. Section 4a-55 is repealed, effective July 1, 2013. (1969, P.A. 741; P.A. 77-614, S. 90, 610; P.A. 13-225, S. 9.)

Sec. 4a-56. (Formerly Sec. 4-123). Purchasing standards and specifications. The Commissioner of Administrative Services or his designee may classify the requirements of the state government for supplies, materials and equipment which may be purchased by the state and may adopt as…

Sec. 4a-57. (Formerly Sec. 4-112). Competitive bidding or competitive negotiation for purchases and contracts. Regulations. Waivers. Exceptions. (a) All purchases of, and contracts for, supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services, except purchases and contracts made p…

Sec. 4a-57a. Distribution of surplus state property. Lease of property to municipalities. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall administer a property distribution program for the disposition of usable property that a state agency deems surplus to its operating nee…

Sec. 4a-57b. Program to encourage bidding on state contracts by businesses which trade with African countries. The Commissioner of Administrative Services, in conjunction with the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, may initiate a program under which they shall (1…

Sec. 4a-57c. Multiple criteria bids or proposals. Pilot program. Section 4a-57c is repealed, effective July 1, 2001. (P.A. 99-161, S. 8, 11; P.A. 00-66, S. 12; P.A. 01-106, S. 5, 6.)

Sec. 4a-57d. Report re resident bidders. Program to increase state contract awards to resident bidders. (a) On or before January 1, 2012, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Labor Commissioner, the president of The University of Connecticut and t…

Sec. 4a-57e. Purchases of personal protective equipment. List of companies. Report. (a) As used in this section, (1) “personal protective equipment” means specialized clothing or equipment worn for protection against infectious disease, including, but not limited to, protective e…

Sec. 4a-58. (Formerly Sec. 4-113). Standardization Committee. Waiver of bid or proposal requirement. (a) There shall continue to be a Standardization Committee, which shall consist of the Commissioner of Administrative Services, the Comptroller or his designee, the Treasurer or h…

Sec. 4a-59. (Formerly Sec. 4-114). Award of contracts. (a) As used in this section, (1) “lowest responsible qualified bidder” means the bidder whose bid is the lowest of those bidders possessing the skill, ability and integrity necessary to faithful performance of the work based …

Sec. 4a-59a. Restrictions on contract extensions. Exceptions. Explanation of reasons for noncompliance. (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 t…

Sec. 4a-60. (Formerly Sec. 4-114a). Nondiscrimination and affirmative action provisions in awarding agency, municipal public works and quasi-public agency project contracts. (a) Except as provided in section 10a-151i, every contract to which an awarding agency is a party, every q…

Sec. 4a-60a. Provisions re nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation required in awarding agency, municipal public works and quasi-public agency project contracts. (a) Except as provided in section 10a-151i, every contract to which an awarding agency is a party, every …

Sec. 4a-60b. Reverse auctions. Use by contracting agencies authorized. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Reverse auction” means an on-line bidding process in which qualified bidders or qualified proposers, anonymous to each other, submit bids or proposals to provide good…

Secs. 4a-60c to 4a-60f. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 4a-60g. (Formerly Sec. 32-9e). Set-aside programs for small contractors and minority business enterprises. (a) As used in this section and sections 4a-60h to 4a-60j, inclusive, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Small contractor” means (A) any contractor, …

Sec. 4a-60h. (Formerly Sec. 32-9f). Administration of state set-aside program. Administration of set-aside program for municipal public works and quasi-public agency project contracts. Regulations. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall be responsible for the admin…

Sec. 4a-60i. (Formerly Sec. 32-9g). Responsibilities of agency heads to negotiate and approve contracts not affected. Nothing in sections 4a-60g to 4a-60i, inclusive, shall be construed to interfere with the responsibilities of the heads of all state agencies to directly negotiat…

Sec. 4a-60j. (Formerly Sec. 32-9h). Time for payment of contractors. A small contractor shall receive payment on a contract awarded to him or her under the provisions of sections 4a-60g to 4a-60i, inclusive, no later than twenty-five days after the due date of any such payment on…

Sec. 4a-61. (Formerly Sec. 4-114b). Award of contracts concerning minority business enterprises. The Commissioner of Administrative Services, with the advice of the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, establi…

Sec. 4a-62. (Formerly Sec. 4-114c). Minority Business Enterprise Review Committee. Section 4a-62 is repealed, effective July 1, 2023. (P.A. 82-358, S. 2, 10; P.A. 83-580, S. 7, 8; P.A. 84-412, S. 5, 8; P.A. 88-351, S. 13, 16; P.A. 11-51, S. 49; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 45;…

Sec. 4a-63. Disqualification from bidding on contracts. Suspension. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may disqualify any person, firm or corporation, for up to five years, from bidding on contracts with the Department of Administrative Services, pursuant to section …

Sec. 4a-64. (Formerly Sec. 4-116). Persons not to be interested in contract. Neither the Commissioner of Administrative Services, nor any member of his office staff, nor any member of the Standardization Committee nor the executive head of any state agency to whom purchasing auth…

Sec. 4a-65. (Formerly Sec. 4-115). Unlawful purchases. When any state agency purchases or contracts for any supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services contrary to the provisions of this chapter or the regulations promulgated in pursuance thereof, such order or contrac…

Sec. 4a-66. (Formerly Sec. 4-25). Acquisition of federal property. Contracts with federal agencies concerning health services. Exemption from statutes or municipal charter. Purchasing from federal contractors. (a) The state, through the Commissioner of Administrative Services, or…

Sec. 4a-67. (Formerly Sec. 4-120a). Acquisition of federal surplus property. The Commissioner of Administrative Services is designated as the official agency of the state to acquire, warehouse and distribute surplus personal property of the federal government and to act on behalf…

Sec. 4a-67a. Efforts to increase state purchase of goods containing recyclable materials and goods capable of being recycled or remanufactured. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall, whenever practicable, make efforts to increase state procurement of goods that co…

Sec. 4a-67b. Elimination of use of disposable and single-use products in state government. (a) As used in this section and section 4b-15, “disposable product” means any product with an essential part which cannot be replaced, refilled or renewed and for which a reusable product e…

Sec. 4a-67c. Equipment and appliances for state use, energy standards. The Department of Administrative Services and each other budgeted agency, as defined in section 4-69, exercising procurement authority shall procure equipment and appliances for state use that meet or exceed t…

Sec. 4a-67d. Purchase of cars, light duty trucks and buses. Gasoline mileage ratings. Alternative-fuel, hybrid electric or plug-in electric vehicles. Battery electric vehicles and zero-emission buses. Requirements. Exemptions. Reports. Aggregate procurement. (a) As used in this s…

Sec. 4a-67e. Standards for purchase of recycled paper. All recycled xerographic or copy paper purchased by the state for use in state offices shall meet the applicable minimum recycled content standards established in federal Executive Order No. 13101, and any regulations or guid…

Sec. 4a-67f. Specifications for printing and writing paper. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall revise the specifications for printing and writing paper purchased by the state to (1) incorporate the standards provided for in federal Executive Order No. 13101 and…

Sec. 4a-67g. Recycling and remanufacture of laser printer toner cartridges. The Department of Administrative Services shall make available for recycling or remanufacture any spent laser printer toner cartridge purchased by such agency on and after October 1, 1999. (P.A. 99-213, S…

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 produc…

Secs. 4a-68 to 4a-70. (Formerly Secs. 4-34, 4-117, 4-124). Commissioner to contract for state printing; exception; reproduction of documents filed with certain agencies. Commissioner of Administrative Services to approve requests for microcopying services. Forms used by state age…

Sec. 4a-70a. Prohibition on printing state stationery containing party symbol. No public official or state employee, as defined in section 1-79, shall print or arrange for the printing of stationery for the state containing a generally recognized symbol of a major or minor party,…

Sec. 4a-71. (Formerly Sec. 4-121a). Prompt payment by state departments and agencies. (a) Except as provided in section 4a-72, 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…

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 e…

Sec. 4a-73. (Formerly Sec. 4-121c). Administration of prompt payment provisions. (a) Any state agency required to pay late payment penalties under section 4a-71 shall pay the penalties from funds designated for administrative costs of the agency receiving the public works, person…

Sec. 4a-74. (Formerly Sec. 4-110d). Governmental exemption from public utility late payment charge. Notwithstanding any regulation or order of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority which permits the imposition of a late payment charge by a public service company on customer b…

Sec. 4a-75. (Formerly Sec. 4-122). Payment of obligations. Department of Administrative Services Revolving Fund. The Comptroller shall prescribe the manner in which claims for supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services purchased or contracted for shall be submitted, …

Sec. 4a-76. (Formerly Sec. 4-122a). Recording of estimated requirements. In July and December of each fiscal year the Comptroller shall record upon the records of the revolving fund established under section 4a-75, or adjust the records to reflect, as anticipated resources of the…