(a) Each personal service agreement executed on or after July 1, 1994, and having a cost of more than twenty thousand dollars but not more than fifty thousand dollars and a term of not more than one year shall be based on competitive negotiation or competitive quotations, unless the state agency purchasing the personal services determines that a sole source purchase is required and applies to the secretary for a waiver from such requirement and the secretary grants the waiver. Not later than March 1, 1994, the secretary shall adopt guidelines for determining the types of services that may qualify for such waivers. The qualifying services shall include, but not be limited to, (1) services for which the cost to the state of a competitive selection procedure would outweigh the benefits of such procedure, as documented by the state agency, (2) proprietary services, (3) services to be provided by a contractor mandated by the general statutes or a public or special act, and (4) emergency services, including services needed for the protection of life or health.

(b) The secretary shall immediately notify the Auditors of Public Accounts of any application that the secretary receives for approval of a sole source purchase of audit services and give the auditors the opportunity to review the application to advise the secretary as to whether such services are necessary and, if so, whether such services could be provided by said auditors.

(P.A. 93-336, S. 4, 13; 93-435, S. 82, 95; P.A. 94-188, S. 20; P.A. 09-210, S. 3; P.A. 18-137, S. 9.)

History: P.A. 93-336 effective June 29, 1993; P.A. 93-435 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical grammatical change, effective June 28, 1993; P.A. 94-188 amended Subsec. (a) to change the applicable agreement amount from more than $10,000 to more than $20,000; P.A. 09-210 deleted former Subsec. (b) re state agency submission of information to secretary and made a conforming change, effective July 8, 2009; P.A. 18-137 designated existing provisions re personal service agreement as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re notification to auditors of applications for sole source purchases of audit services.