Title 54, State Government

The director of the office of management and budget shall report to the budget section in December of even-numbered years on specified commodities and services exempted by written directive of the director from the procurement requirements of chapter 54-44.4.

The office of management and budget, in consultation with the office of the attorney general, shall adopt rules related to circumstances under which it is determined to be in the best interest of the state to authorize state officials and employees to make personal purchases from…

The director of the office of management and budget or the director's designee may delegate to state agencies and institutions the authority to make purchases of items not otherwise exempted by law. Any delegation of purchasing authority must be in writing and must specify what m…

The office of management and budget shall adopt, in accordance with the procedures provided by chapter 28-32, rules necessary to administer this chapter. The written directives issued by the director exercising authority provided in sections 54-44.4-02 and 54-44.4-03 need not be …

1. Except as otherwise provided in sections 12-48-03.1 and 44-08-01, chapter 25-16.2, and this chapter, purchasing contracts must be awarded through a competitive bidding process to the lowest responsible bidder considering conformity with specifications and terms of delivery, un…

In the event that two or more bids or proposals contain identical pricing or receive identical evaluation scores, preference must be given to a resident North Dakota bidder, seller, vendor, offeror, or contractor as defined in section 44-08-02.

1. For purposes of this chapter, specification means a description of all required physical, design, performance, functional, and other characteristics of a commodity or service the purchaser requires and, consequently, what a bidder must offer. The office of management and budge…

1. The office of management and budget, the institutions of higher education, and any other state agency or institution that has authority to purchase products are encouraged to purchase environmentally preferable products. a. When practicable, specifications for purchasing newsp…

When practicable, the office of management and budget, and any state agency or institution that has authority to purchase paper and paper products, should specify at least twenty-five percent recycled material.

1. The office of management and budget shall establish and maintain a bidders list of persons that desire to be informed of government procurement opportunities. The office of management and budget or the purchasing agency shall notify those on the list when issuing invitation fo…

A person that has a registration requirement with the secretary of state must be registered before the contract execution and the registration must remain active for the duration of the contract period.

1. A contract for commodities or services may be entered by competitive sealed proposals when a determination is made that the use of competitive sealed bidding is either not practicable or not advantageous to the state. The request for proposal must state the relative importance…

1. A procurement not exceeding the amount established by written directive of the director of the office of management and budget or by the state board of higher education under subsection 5 of section 15-10-17 may be made in accordance with small purchase procedures. 2. A small …

1. An interested party may protest the award of a contract, the notice of intent to award a contract, or a solicitation for commodities or services by the office of management and budget or purchasing agency under this chapter. The protest must be submitted in writing or electron…

1. The office of management and budget shall purchase commodities or services as requested by agencies and institutions of higher education and the legislative and judicial branches of state government. 2. The office of management and budget and the agencies and institutions of h…

The purchasing agency and the vendor may negotiate payment terms for all commodities and services procured. If a date for payment is not specified by the contract, payment must be made pursuant to section 13-01.1-01.

1. The office of management and budget, in coordination with the state board of higher education and the information technology department, shall develop guidelines for establishing multiple award vendor pool contracts, including cooperative purchasing contracts under section 54-…

1. The office of management and budget shall establish and maintain a procurement information website on the internet. This procurement information website must provide current information regarding North Dakota government procurement opportunities in order to inform potential ve…

1. As used in this section: a. "Boycott Israel" means engaging in refusals to deal, terminating business activities, or other similar commercial actions intended to limit commercial relations with persons doing business in Israel or in Israeli-controlled territories when the acti…