{"data":{"id":"us-nm/13-1-129","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"13-1-129","heading":"Procurement under existing contracts.","body":"A. Notwithstanding the requirements of Sections 13-1-102 through 13-1-118 NMSA 1978, the state purchasing agent or a central purchasing office may contract for services, construction or items of tangible personal property without the use of competitive sealed bids or competitive sealed proposals as follows:\n(1) at a price equal to or less than the contractor's current federal supply contract price (GSA), providing the contractor has indicated in writing a willingness to extend such contractor pricing, terms and conditions to the state agency or local public body and the purchase order adequately identifies the contract relied upon; or\n(2) with a business which has a current exclusive or nonexclusive price agreement with the state purchasing agent or a central purchasing office for the item, services or construction meeting the same standards and specifications as the items to be procured if the following conditions are met:\n(a) the quantity purchased does not exceed the quantity which may be purchased under the applicable price agreement; and\n(b) the purchase order adequately identifies the price agreement relied upon.\nB. The central purchasing office shall retain for public inspection and for the use of auditors a copy of each federal supply contractor state purchasing agent price agreement relied upon to make purchases without seeking competitive bids or proposals.","path":["Chapter 13 - Public Purchases and Property","ARTICLE 1 Procurement"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18513/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"016639145d8ebbebc24236e2bb91fda1cf4e103f37481e5927b98e9c9394d647","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/13-1-128","next":"us-nm/13-1-130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}