Section 30-2112. PUBLICIZING CONTRACT ACTIONS

 

2112.1The Director of Procurement shall give notice of the solicitation for bids or proposals for each contract with an estimated price of more than ten thousand dollars ($ 10,000) in accordance with the provisions of § 2202 of Chapter 22 of this title (sealed bid procurements) or § 2304 of Chapter 23 of this title (sealed proposal procurements), whichever is applicable, except as provided in otherwise in § 2112.4.

 

2112.2A contracting officer may provide additional advertisement of solicitations by using any of the following methods:

 

(a) Displaying copies or summaries of a solicitation on bulletin boards in the contracting office and other public places;

 

(b) Mailing a copy of a solicitation to prospective bidders or offerors on a solicitation mailing list; or

 

(c) Sending copies of notices or summaries of solicitations to organizations that maintain, without charge to the public or to subscribers, display rooms for the benefit of prospective bidders, offerors, subcontractors, and suppliers.

 

2112.3The Director of Procurement shall submit notices of contract awards for contracts over ten thousand dollars ($ 10,000) to the Department of Administrative Services for publication in the "District of Columbia Procurement Digest."

 

2112.4The requirements for public notice of solicitations shall not apply to the following:

 

(a) Sole source procurements under Chapter 24 of this title;

 

(b) Emergency procurements under Chapter 24 of this title;

 

(c) Small purchases under Chapter 25 of this title; or

 

(d) Procurement of professional services where a waiver has been granted by the Executive Director under § 2011.4.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 36 DCR 6681, 6714 (September 22, 1989).