PUBLICATION IN STATE BUSINESS DAILY BEFORE ENTERING INTO MAJOR CONSULTING SERVICES CONTRACT

(a) Not later than the 30th day before the date it enters into a major consulting services contract, a state agency must post in the state business daily under Section 2155.083: (1) an invitation for consultants to provide offers of consulting services; (2) the name of the individual who should be contacted by a consultant that intends to make an offer; (3) the closing date for the receipt of offers; and (4) the procedure by which the state agency will award the contract. (b) If the consulting services sought by a state agency relate to services previously provided by a consultant, the agency shall disclose that fact in the invitation required by Subsection (a). If the state agency intends to award the contract for the consulting services to a consultant that previously provided the services, unless a better offer is received, the agency shall disclose its intention in the invitation required by Subsection (a).