54-44.4-06. All purchases to be made in accordance with specifications - Multistep
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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 budget and institutions of higher education shall develop similar
specifications for purchases of commodities and services of high common usage.
State agencies and institutions shall provide such assistance as may be requested by
the office of management and budget and the institutions of higher education in the
development of specifications. The office of management and budget and the
institutions of higher education shall implement such procedures as are necessary for
the inspection, testing, and acceptance of commodities or services to determine that
those received are in conformity with contract specifications.
2. When it is determined to be impractical to initially prepare a purchase description to
support an award based on price, a solicitation may be issued requesting the
submission of unpriced offers to be followed by a competitive bidding or competitive
proposal process limited to those bidders or offerors found to be qualified under the
criteria set forth in the first solicitation.