N.Y. Economic Development Law § 143: Responsibilities of other agencies

§ 143. Responsibilities of other agencies. 1. Prior to awarding any

procurement contract, each agency shall submit to the commissioner

information sufficient to enable publication of the notices of

procurement contract opportunities described in subdivision two of

section one hundred forty-two of this article. Such information shall be

submitted to the commissioner in sufficient time to allow a minimum of

fifteen business days between publication of such notice and the date on

which a bid or proposal is due, except where a shorter period is

specifically authorized by law.

2. No agency shall award a procurement contract unless a notice of a

procurement contract opportunity as described in subdivision two of

section one hundred forty-two of this article has been published in the

procurement opportunities newsletter or unless such procurement contract

is exempt from the requirements of this article in accordance with

section one hundred forty-four of this article.

3. At the time the agency determination of intent to award a

procurement contract is made, each agency shall submit to the

commissioner for inclusion in the procurement opportunities newsletter,

(a) for procurement contracts let by the invitation for bid process, the

result of the bid opening including the names of bidding firms and the

amounts bid by each; (b) for procurement contracts let by the request

for proposal process, the names of firms submitting proposals and the

proposal selected as the best value offer; and (c) for all other

procurement contracts, the name of the proposed awardee.

4. At the time an agency enters into a contract with a single or sole

source provider pursuant to section one hundred sixty-three of the state

finance law, for an amount in excess of fifty thousand dollars, such

agency shall submit an announcement of the intended contract for

inclusion in the procurement opportunities newsletter, and shall specify

the recipient of the contract.

5. At the time an agency enters into a contract, such agency shall

submit an announcement of the intended contract for inclusion in the

procurement opportunities newsletter. Such announcement shall identify

the contract, specify the date of the award of the contract and provide

the name of and contact information for each recipient of the contract.