No state agency shall expend or encumber any funds for the purchase, lease, lease-purchase, lease with option to purchase, rental or other procurement of any information technology assets without the prior written approval of the Chief Information Officer except the following:
1. A purchase less than or equal to Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) if such product is purchased using a state purchase card and the product is listed on either the Approved Hardware or Approved Software list located on the Office of Management and Enterprise Services website; or
2. A purchase over Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) and less than or equal to Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) if such product is purchased using a state purchase card, the product is listed on an information technology or telecommunications statewide contract, and the product is listed on either the Approved Hardware or Approved Software list located on the Office of Management and Enterprise Services website.
Added by Laws 2011, c. 296, § 4. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 358, § 21, eff. July 1, 2013; Laws 2017, c. 384, § 4, eff. July 1, 2017.