North Carolina · statute · N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 143 · 928 active provisions
Definitions. As used in this Article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) "Appointing authority" means the Governor, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, President pro tempore of the Senate, members of the Council of State, all heads of the executive departments…
Notice and record of appointment required. (a) Within 30 days after acceptance of appointment by a person appointed to public office, the appointing authority shall file written notice of the appointment with the Governor, the Secretary of State, the Legislative Library, the State Ethics Commission, and the State Contr…
Subsistence, per diem compensation, and travel allowances conditioned on filing of notice. No person who has been appointed to any public office and has accepted that appointment shall be entitled to receive subsistence, per diem compensation, or travel allowances unless and until compliance is made with the provisions…
State policy; cooperation in promoting the use of small contractors, minority contractors, physically handicapped contractors, and women contractors; purpose; required annual reports. (a) Policy. - It is the policy of this State to encourage and promote the use of small contractors, minority contractors, physically han…
Medicaid program exemption. (a) This Article shall not apply to any capitation arrangement or prepaid health service arrangement implemented or administered by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services or its delegates pursuant to the Medicaid waiver provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 1396n, or to the Medicaid…
Procurement program for nonprofit work centers for the blind and the severely disabled. (a) An agency subject to the provisions of this Article for the procurement of goods may purchase goods directly from a nonprofit work center for the blind and severely disabled, subject to the following provisions: (1) The purchase…
Electronic procurement. (a) The Department of Administration shall develop and maintain electronic or digital standards for procurement. The Department of Administration shall consult with the Office of the State Controller, the Department of Information Technology, the Department of State Auditor, the Department of St…
Electronic procurement fees. The Department of Administration shall impose a transaction fee of one and seventy-five hundredths percent (1.75%) on purchase orders for material goods. The Department shall not increase or decrease the transaction fee on purchase orders for material goods or impose a transaction fee on pu…
Statewide uniform certification of historically underutilized businesses. (a) In addition to the powers and duties provided in G.S. 143-49, the Secretary of Administration shall have the power, authority, and duty to: (1) Develop and administer a statewide uniform program for: (i) the certification of a historically un…
Contractors must use E-Verify. No contract subject to the provisions of this Article may be entered into unless the contractor and the contractor's subcontractors comply with the requirements of Article 2 of Chapter 64 of the General Statutes. (2013-418, s. 2(d).)
Personal services contracts subject to Article. (a) Requirement. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, personal services contracts for executive branch agencies shall be subject to the same requirements and procedures as service contracts. (b) Personal Services Contract Defined. - For purposes of this section,…
Powers and duties of Secretary. The Secretary of Administration has the power and authority, and it is the Secretary's duty, subject to the provisions of this Article: (1) To canvass sources of supply, including sources of goods with recycled content, and to purchase or to contract for the purchase, lease and lease-pur…
Purchases by volunteer nonprofit fire department and lifesaving and rescue squad. In consideration of public service, any volunteer nonprofit fire department, lifesaving and rescue squad in this State may purchase gas, oil, and tires for their official vehicles and any other materials and supplies under State contract…
Purchases by Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters. In consideration of public service, any member organization of Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters (hereinafter "VOAD member") in the State of North Carolina may purchase heavy construction equipment and motor vehicles under State contract through the De…
Certain contractual powers exercised by other departments transferred to Secretary. All rights, powers, duties and authority relating to State printing, or to the acquisition of supplies, materials, equipment, and contractual services, now imposed upon or exercised by any State department, institution or agency under t…
Division of Purchase and Contract; Contract Management Section. (a) The Contract Management Section (CMS) is established in the Division of Purchase and Contract, Department of Administration. The CMS shall include legal counsel with the duties and responsibilities included in this section. (b) Unless otherwise provide…
Reports to Secretary required of all agencies as to needs and purchases. (a) It shall be the duty of all departments, institutions, or agencies of the State government to furnish to the Secretary of Administration when requested, and on forms to be prescribed by him, estimates of all goods and services needed and requi…
Competitive bidding procedure; consolidation of estimates by Secretary; bids; awarding of contracts; cost plus percentage of cost contracts strictly prohibited. (a) The Secretary of Administration shall compile and consolidate all estimates of goods and services needed and required by State departments, institutions an…
Award recommendations; State Purchasing Officer action. (a) Award Recommendation. - When the dollar value of a contract to be awarded under Article 3 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes exceeds the benchmark established pursuant to G.S. 143-53.1, an award recommendation shall be submitted to the State Purchasing Off…
Multiple award schedule contracts. (a) Definitions. - The following definitions apply in this section: (1) Communications equipment. - Mobile communications systems, desktop communications systems, base and repeater communications systems, gateway devices, audio switch units, radio routers, microwave radios, microwave…
Rules. (a) The Secretary of Administration may adopt rules governing the following: (1) Prescribing the routine and procedures to be followed in canvassing bids and awarding contracts, and for reviewing decisions made pursuant thereto, and the decision of the reviewing body shall be the final administrative review. The…
Setting of benchmarks; increase by Secretary. (a) On and after July 1, 2014, the procedures prescribed by G.S. 143-52 with respect to competitive bids and the bid value benchmark authorized by G.S. 143-53(a)(2) with respect to rulemaking by the Secretary of Administration for competitive bidding shall promote complianc…
Certification that bids were submitted without collusion. (a) The Director of Administration shall require bidders to certify that each bid is submitted competitively and without collusion. False certification is a Class I felony. (b) Expired. (1961, c. 963; 1971, c. 587, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 1310; 1994, Ex. Sess., c…
Requisitioning by agencies; must purchase through sources certified. (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, where sources of supply have been established by contract and certified by the Secretary of Administration to the said departments, institutions and agencies as herein provided for, it shall be the duty of all dep…
Certain purchases excepted from provisions of Article. Unless as may otherwise be ordered by the Secretary of Administration, the purchase of supplies, materials and equipment through the Secretary of Administration shall be mandatory in the following cases: (1) Published books, manuscripts, maps, pamphlets and periodi…