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HOUSE BILL 550
57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2025
INTRODUCED BY
Rebecca Dow
AN ACT
RELATING TO PROCUREMENT; BROADENING THE SCOPE OF DISTRIBUTION
OF INFORMATION RELATING TO SOLE SOURCE AND EMERGENCY
PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 13-1-128 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984,
Chapter 65, Section 101, as amended) is amended to read:
"13-1-128. SOLE SOURCE AND EMERGENCY PROCUREMENTS--
PUBLICATION OF AWARD TO AGENCY [WEB SITE ] WEBSITE AND SUNSHINE
PORTAL--CONTENT AND SUBMISSION OF RECORD.--
A. Prior to award of a sole source procurement
contract, the state purchasing agent or central purchasing
office shall:
(1) provide the information described in
Subsection E of this section to the department of information
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technology for posting on the sunshine portal; and
(2) forward the same information to:
(a) the legislative finance committee;
(b) persons who have made a written
request for the information and who have provided an email
address to the state purchasing agent or central purchasing
office; and
(c) the legislative council service for
distribution to current state legislators by email .
B. Prior to the award of a sole source procurement
contract, the local public body central purchasing office
shall:
(1) post the information described in
Subsection E of this section on the local public body [web
site] website, if one exists;
(2) provide the information as provided in
Subsection E of this section to persons who have made a written
request for the information and who have provided an email
address to the local public body central purchasing office; and
(3) provide the information as provided in
Subsection E of this section to the legislative council service
for distribution to current state legislators by email .
C. Within three business days of awarding an
emergency procurement contract, the awarding central purchasing
office within a state agency shall:
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(1) provide the information described in
Subsection E of this section to the department of information
technology for posting on the sunshine portal; and
(2) forward the same information to:
(a) the legislative finance committee;
(b) persons who have made a written
request for the information and who have provided an email
address to the awarding central purchasing office within a
state agency; and
(c) the legislative council service for
distribution to current state legislators by email .
D. Within three business days of awarding an
emergency procurement contract, the local public body central
purchasing office shall:
(1) post the information described in
Subsection E of this section on the local public body [web
site] website, if one exists;
(2) provide the information as provided in
Subsection E of this section to persons who have made a written
request for the information and who have provided an email
address to the local public body central purchasing office; and
(3) provide the information as provided in
Subsection E of this section to the legislative council service
for distribution to current state legislators by email .
E. All central purchasing offices shall maintain,
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for a minimum of three years, records of sole source and
emergency procurements. The record of each such procurement
shall be public record and shall contain:
(1) the contractor's name and address;
(2) the amount and term of the contract;
(3) a listing of the services, construction or
items of tangible personal property procured under the
contract;
(4) whether the contract was a sole source or
emergency procurement contract; and
(5) the justification for the procurement
method."
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