Chapter 30B

Section 1. (a) This chapter shall apply to every contract for the procurement of supplies, services or real property and for disposing of supplies or real property by a governmental body as defined herein. (b) This chapter shall not apply to: (1) a contract subject to the provisi…

Section 10. A person submitting a bid or a proposal for the procurement or disposal of supplies or services to any governmental body shall certify in writing, on the bid or proposal, as follows: The undersigned certifies under penalties of perjury that this bid or proposal has be…

Section 11. No person shall cause or conspire to cause the splitting or division of any procurement, specification, invitation for bids, request for proposals, proposal, solicitation, or quotation for the purpose of evading a requirement of this chapter.

Section 12. (a) Unless otherwise provided by law and subject to paragraph (b), a governmental body may enter into a contract for any period of time which serves the best interests of the governmental body; provided, however, that the procurement officer shall include in the solic…

Section 13. The governmental body may increase the quantity of supplies or services or both specified in a contract provided: (1) the unit prices remain the same or less; (2) the procurement officer has specified in writing that an increase is necessary to fulfill the actual need…

Section 13A. With respect to contracts for the recycling or composting of solid waste or the treatment, composting or disposal of sewage, septage or sludge authorized under the provisions of subsection (e) of section one, the governmental body may negotiate modifications and amen…

Section 14. Unless no other manner of description suffices, and the procurement officer so determines in writing, setting forth the basis for the determination, all specifications shall be written in a manner which describes the requirements to be met without having the effect of…

Section 15. (a) A governmental body shall dispose of a tangible supply, no longer useful to the governmental body but having resale or salvage value, in accordance with this section. This section does not apply to the disposal of real property. (b) The governmental body shall off…

Section 16. (a) If a governmental body duly authorized by general or special law to engage in such transaction determines that it shall rent, convey, or otherwise dispose of real property, the governmental body shall declare the property available for disposition and shall specif…

Section 17. (a) All contracts in the amount of $10,000 or more shall be in writing, and the governmental body shall make no payment for a supply or service rendered prior to the execution of such contract. (b) Subject to the provisions of section three A of chapter forty, a contr…

Section 18. (a) For purposes of this section the following phrases shall have the following meanings: ''Disadvantaged vendor'', any business beneficially owned by one or more minority persons in conformity with clauses (1) to (4), inclusive, of the definition of ''Minority busine…

Section 19. Subject to the provisions of section one hundred and three of chapter forty-one, to the extent permitted by charter or local by-law in a city or town, or by written rules of the committee, commission or executive appointing the chief procurement officer in a district …

Section 2. As used in this chapter the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Architect and engineer'', (i) a person performing professional services of an architectural or engineering nature, as defined by law, which are req…

Section 20. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary and to the extent permitted by federal law, a governmental body may, by a majority vote, establish a preference for products of agriculture as defined in section 1A of chapter 128 including, but not limite…

Section 22. A public procurement unit may participate in, sponsor, conduct or administer a cooperative purchasing agreement for the procurement of supplies with public procurement units or external procurement activities in accordance with an agreement entered into between the pa…

Section 23. Notwithstanding section 39M of chapter 30 or any other general or special law to the contrary, a governmental body may, pursuant to this chapter, procure electric vehicles, including electric school buses, and the installation of electric vehicle supply equipment as d…

Section 3. A procurement officer who awards a contract in the amount of $10,000 or more shall maintain a file on each such contract and shall include in such file a copy of all written documents required by this chapter. Written documents required by this chapter shall be retaine…

Section 4. (a) Except as permitted pursuant to this section and section 7, for the procurement of a supply or service for a governmental body in the amount of $10,000 or greater, but not more than $50,000, a procurement officer shall seek written quotations from not fewer than 3 …

Section 5. (a) Except as permitted under section 6 or section 8, award of procurement contracts in the amount of more than $50,000 or, in the case of a municipal or regional school district, award of procurement contracts in the amount of more than $100,000, shall conform to the …

Section 6. (a) A chief procurement officer may enter into procurement contracts in the amount of more than $50,000, or, a municipal or regional school district, more than $100,000, utilizing competitive sealed proposals, in accordance with the provisions of this section. The chie…

Section 6A. (a) A chief procurement officer may enter into procurement contracts for more than $50,000, or, a municipal or regional school district, more than $100,000, utilizing reverse auctions for the acquisition of supplies and services. The reverse auction process shall incl…

Section 7. (a) A procurement officer may award a contract in an amount of not more than $50,000, or, a municipal or regional school district, more than $100,000, or any contract for the procurement of library books, school textbooks, educational programs, educational courses, edu…

Section 8. Whenever the time required to comply with a requirement of this chapter would endanger the health or safety of the people or their property a procurement officer may make an emergency procurement without following that requirement. An emergency procurement shall be lim…

Section 9. The procurement officer may cancel an invitation for bids, a request for proposals, or other solicitation, or may reject in whole or in part any and all bids or proposals when the procurement officer determines that cancellation or rejection serves the best interests o…