N.Y. State Finance Law § 136-c: Contracts for employee training and organizational development services

§ 136-c. Contracts for employee training and organizational

development services. The director of employee relations is hereby

authorized to enter into contracts for use by all state departments and

agencies for services to support employee training and organizational

development initiatives. Pursuant to procedures developed by the

director of employee relations in consultation with the state

comptroller, agencies shall be permitted to access such contracts

directly in a manner similar to that used for centralized commodity

contracts let by the commissioner of general services pursuant to

section one hundred sixty-three of the state finance law. Nothing

contained herein shall preclude the director of employee relations from

adherence to New York state bidding requirements or any other law, rule

or regulation governing the purchase of consultant services. Further,

nothing contained herein shall restrict or preclude state departments or

agencies from procuring such training and organizational development

services directly without consideration of contracts let by the director

of employee relations.