New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico Senate Bill SB206 Compare Versions

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28	28	SENATE BILL 206
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30	30	TH LEGISLATURE
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42	42	FIRST SESSION
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45	45	2025
46	46	INTRODUCED BY
47	47	Michael Padilla and Patricia A. Lundstrom and Joy Garratt
48	48	AN ACT
49	49	RELATING TO PROCUREMENT; AMENDING DEFINITIONS TO INCREASE
50	50	MINIMUM AMOUNTS FOR CERTAIN LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS AND
51	51	CERTAIN STATE PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS; ADDING THE DEFINITION OF
52	52	"PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT" TO THE PROCUREMENT CODE;
53	53	REQUIRING STATE AGENCIES AND LOCAL PUBLIC BODIES TO PROVIDE UP
54	54	TO TWO NAMES FOR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS; REQUIRING THAT A
55	55	CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM BE MAINTAINED
56	56	BY THE STATE PURCHASING AGENT; ALLOWING APPROVED CONTINUING
57	57	EDUCATION UNITS TO BE USED FOR RECERTIFICATION; DEFINING
58	58	"CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS"; INCREASING EXEMPTION MAXIMUM
59	59	AMOUNTS FOR CERTAIN PURCHASES; ALLOWING THE EARLY CHILDHOOD
60	60	EDUCATION AND CARE DEPARTMENT TO CONTRACT FOR CHILD CARE
61	61	SERVICES; ADDING EXEMPTIONS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
62	62	ENTERPRISE SERVICES CAPITAL EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE CONTRACTS;
63	63	EXEMPTING CONTRACTS FOR DIGITIZING STATE OR FEDERAL RECORDS AND
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91	91	FOR APPRAISALS AND SURVEYS FOR PURCHASING REAL PROPERTY;
92	92	INCREASING SMALL PURCHASES AMOUNTS EXCLUDED FROM CENTRAL
93	93	PURCHASING; EXCLUDING CERTAIN SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS FROM
94	94	CENTRAL PURCHASING FOR AGENCIES WITH A CERTIFIED PROCUREMENT
95	95	OFFICER AND ALLOWING THOSE CONTRACTS TO BE FOR TERMS LONGER
96	96	THAN ONE YEAR; CHANGING INVITATION FOR BIDS POSTING AND
97	97	PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS; PROVIDING FOR
98	98	MODIFICATION OR WITHDRAWAL NOTICES OF BIDS CONTAINING MISTAKES;
99	99	REQUIRING THAT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS BE REVIEWED BY
100	100	THE STATE PURCHASING AGENT OR A GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT
101	101	DESIGNEE; IDENTIFYING THE RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS FOR
102	102	MANAGEMENT AND NEGOTIATIONS FOR CERTAIN QUALIFICATIONS-BASED
103	103	CONTRACTS; INCREASING THE AMOUNT FOR CERTAIN PURCHASES BY A
104	104	CENTRAL PURCHASING AGENT; ALLOWING STATE AGENCIES OR LOCAL
105	105	PUBLIC BODIES TO ISSUE CERTAIN DIRECT PURCHASE ORDERS; CHANGING
106	106	CERTAIN INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS;
107	107	REQUIRING COST OR PRICING DATA BY PROSPECTIVE CONTRACTORS FOR
108	108	COMPETITIVE SEALED BIDS OR REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS; INCREASING
109	109	MAXIMUM TERMS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS TO EIGHT
110	110	YEARS.
111	111	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
112	112	SECTION 1. Section 13-1-66.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989,
113	113	Chapter 69, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:
114	114	"13-1-66.1. DEFINITION--LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT.--
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143	143	"Local public works project" means a project of a local public
144	144	body that uses architectural or engineering services requiring
145	145	professional services costing [fifty thousand dollars
146	146	($50,000)] one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more or
147	147	landscape architectural or surveying services requiring
148	148	professional services costing ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or
149	149	more, excluding applicable state and local gross receipts
150	150	taxes."
151	151	SECTION 2. A new section of the Procurement Code, Section
152	152	13-1-66.2 NMSA 1978, is enacted to read:
153	153	"13-1-66.2. [NEW MATERIAL ] DEFINITION--PUBLIC-PRIVATE
154	154	PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.--"Public-private partnership agreement"
155	155	means an agreement between at least one public partner and one
156	156	private partner in which the public partner accepts a private
157	157	contribution to the research, development, design,
158	158	construction, financing, implementation, operation or
159	159	maintenance of any public asset or public benefit."
160	160	SECTION 3. A new section of the Procurement Code is
161	161	enacted to read:
162	162	"[NEW MATERIAL] DEFINITION--BEST OBTAINABLE PRICE.--"Best
163	163	obtainable price" means the price at which services or goods
164	164	can be purchased that is most advantageous to the purchasing
165	165	entity. The "best obtainable price" can be found by obtaining
166	166	quotes or by other appropriate methods."
167	167	SECTION 4. Section 13-1-91 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984,
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196	196	Chapter 65, Section 64, as amended by Laws 2007, Chapter 312,
197	197	Section 4 and by Laws 2007, Chapter 315, Section 2) is amended
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199	199	"13-1-91. DEFINITION--STATE PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT.--"State
200	200	public works project" means a project of a state agency, not
201	201	including projects of the state educational institutions, the
202	202	supreme court building commission, the legislature or local
203	203	public bodies, that uses architectural or engineering services
204	204	requiring professional services costing [fifty thousand dollars
205	205	($50,000)] one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more,
206	206	[or] including landscape architectural or surveying services
207	207	requiring professional services [costing ten thousand dollars
208	208	($10,000) or more], excluding applicable state and local gross
209	209	receipts taxes."
210	210	SECTION 5. Section 13-1-95.2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2013,
211	211	Chapter 70, Section 3) is amended to read:
212	212	"13-1-95.2. CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICERS--REPORTING
213	213	REQUIREMENT--TRAINING--CERTIFICATION.--
214	214	A. [On or before January 1 of each year beginning
215	215	in 2014] Each year before expiration of certification , and
216	216	every time a chief procurement officer is hired, each state
217	217	agency and local public body shall provide to the state
218	218	purchasing agent [the name of ] no more than two names of
219	219	certified chief procurement officers for the state agency's or
220	220	local public body's chief procurement [officer ] officers and
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249	249	information identifying the state agency's or local public
250	250	body's central purchasing office, if applicable.
251	251	B. The state purchasing agent shall maintain a list
252	252	of the names of the chief procurement officers reported to the
253	253	state purchasing agent by state agencies and local public
254	254	bodies. The state purchasing agent shall make the list of
255	255	chief procurement officers available to the public through the
256	256	[web site] website of the purchasing division of the general
257	257	services department and in any other appropriate form.
258	258	C. The state purchasing agent shall offer a
259	259	certification training program for chief procurement officers
260	260	each year.
261	261	D. [On or before January 1, 2015 ] The state
262	262	purchasing agent shall [establish ] maintain a certification
263	263	program for chief procurement officers that includes initial
264	264	certification and recertification every two years for all chief
265	265	procurement officers. In order to be recertified, a chief
266	266	procurement officer shall pass a recertification examination
267	267	approved by the secretary of general services or obtain sixteen
268	268	continuing education units approved by the secretary. As used
269	269	in this subsection, one contact hour is equal to one continuing
270	270	education unit and a "continuing education unit" means any
271	271	approved public procurement course or participation in the
272	272	evaluation and scoring of a request for proposal that is for an
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302	302	requesting the recertification .
303	303	E. [On and after July 1, 2015 ] Only certified chief
304	304	procurement officers may do the following, except that persons
305	305	using procurement cards may continue to issue purchase orders
306	306	and authorize small purchases:
307	307	(1) make determinations, including
308	308	determinations regarding exemptions, pursuant to the
309	309	Procurement Code;
310	310	(2) issue purchase orders and authorize small
311	311	purchases pursuant to the Procurement Code; and
312	312	(3) approve procurement pursuant to the
313	313	Procurement Code."
314	314	SECTION 6. Section 13-1-98 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984,
315	315	Chapter 65, Section 71, as amended by Laws 2023, Chapter 149,
316	316	Section 2 and by Laws 2023, Chapter 174, Section 1) is amended
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318	318	"13-1-98. EXEMPTIONS FROM THE PROCUREMENT CODE.--The
319	319	provisions of the Procurement Code shall not apply to:
320	320	A. procurement of items of tangible personal
321	321	property or services by a state agency or a local public body
322	322	from a state agency, a local public body or external
323	323	procurement unit except as otherwise provided in Sections
324	324	13-1-135 through 13-1-137 NMSA 1978;
325	325	B. procurement of tangible personal property or
326	326	services for the governor's mansion and grounds;
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355	355	C. printing and duplicating contracts involving
356	356	materials that are required to be filed in connection with
357	357	proceedings before administrative agencies or state or federal
358	358	courts;
359	359	D. purchases of publicly provided or publicly
360	360	regulated gas, electricity, water, sewer and refuse collection
361	361	services;
362	362	E. purchases of books, periodicals, instructional
363	363	materials and training materials in printed, digital or
364	364	electronic format from the publishers, designated public-
365	365	education-department-approved instructional material
366	366	depositories or copyright holders thereof and purchases of
367	367	print, digital or electronic format library materials by
368	368	public, school and state libraries for access by the public;
369	369	F. travel or shipping by common carrier or by
370	370	private conveyance or to meals and lodging;
371	371	G. purchase of livestock at auction rings or to the
372	372	procurement of animals to be used for research and
373	373	experimentation or exhibit;
374	374	H. contracts with businesses for public school
375	375	transportation services;
376	376	I. procurement of tangible personal property or
377	377	services, as defined by Sections 13-1-87 and 13-1-93 NMSA 1978,
378	378	by the corrections industries division of the corrections
379	379	department pursuant to rules adopted by the corrections
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408	408	industries commission, which shall be reviewed by the
409	409	purchasing division of the general services department prior to
410	410	adoption;
411	411	J. purchases not exceeding [ten thousand dollars
412	412	($10,000)] one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) consisting
413	413	of magazine subscriptions, web-based or electronic
414	414	subscriptions, conference registration fees and other similar
415	415	purchases, but not including software licenses or maintenance
416	416	agreements, where prepayments are required;
417	417	K. municipalities having adopted home rule charters
418	418	and having enacted their own purchasing ordinances;
419	419	L. the issuance, sale and delivery of public
420	420	securities pursuant to the applicable authorizing statute, with
421	421	the exception of bond attorneys and general financial
422	422	consultants;
423	423	M. contracts entered into by a local public body
424	424	with a private independent contractor for the operation, or
425	425	provision and operation, of a jail pursuant to Sections 33-3-26
426	426	and 33-3-27 NMSA 1978;
427	427	N. contracts for maintenance of grounds and
428	428	facilities at highway rest stops and other employment
429	429	opportunities, excluding those intended for the direct care and
430	430	support of persons with handicaps, entered into by state
431	431	agencies with private, nonprofit, independent contractors who
432	432	provide services to persons with handicaps;
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461	461	O. contracts and expenditures for services or items
462	462	of tangible personal property to be paid or compensated by
463	463	money or other property transferred to New Mexico law
464	464	enforcement agencies by the United States department of justice
465	465	drug enforcement administration;
466	466	P. contracts for retirement and other benefits
467	467	pursuant to Sections 22-11-47 through 22-11-52 NMSA 1978;
468	468	Q. contracts with professional entertainers;
469	469	R. contracts and expenditures for legal
470	470	subscription and research services and litigation expenses in
471	471	connection with proceedings before administrative agencies or
472	472	state or federal courts, including experts, mediators, court
473	473	reporters, process servers and witness fees, but not including
474	474	attorney contracts;
475	475	S. contracts for service relating to the design,
476	476	engineering, financing, construction and acquisition of public
477	477	improvements undertaken in improvement districts pursuant to
478	478	Subsection L of Section 3-33-14.1 NMSA 1978 and in county
479	479	improvement districts pursuant to Subsection L of Section
480	480	4-55A-12.1 NMSA 1978;
481	481	T. works of art for museums or for display in
482	482	public buildings or places;
483	483	U. contracts entered into by a local public body
484	484	with a person, firm, organization, corporation or association
485	485	or a state educational institution named in Article 12, Section
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514	514	11 of the constitution of New Mexico for the operation and
515	515	maintenance of a hospital pursuant to Chapter 3, Article 44
516	516	NMSA 1978, lease or operation of a county hospital pursuant to
517	517	the Hospital Funding Act or operation and maintenance of a
518	518	hospital pursuant to the Special Hospital District Act;
519	519	V. purchases of advertising in all media, including
520	520	radio, television, print and electronic, but does not include
521	521	marketing purchases;
522	522	W. purchases of promotional goods intended for
523	523	resale by the tourism department;
524	524	X. procurement of printing, publishing and
525	525	distribution services for materials produced and intended for
526	526	resale by the cultural affairs department;
527	527	Y. procurement by or through the public education
528	528	department from the federal department of education relating to
529	529	parent training and information centers designed to increase
530	530	parent participation, projects and initiatives designed to
531	531	improve outcomes for students with disabilities and other
532	532	projects and initiatives relating to the administration of
533	533	improvement strategy programs pursuant to the federal
534	534	Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; provided that the
535	535	exemption applies only to procurement of services not to exceed
536	536	two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000);
537	537	Z. procurement of services from community
538	538	rehabilitation programs or qualified individuals pursuant to
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568	568	AA. purchases of products or services for eligible
569	569	persons with disabilities pursuant to the federal
570	570	Rehabilitation Act of 1973;
571	571	BB. procurement, by either the department of health
572	572	or Grant county or both, of tangible personal property,
573	573	services or construction that are exempt from the Procurement
574	574	Code pursuant to Section 9-7-6.5 NMSA 1978;
575	575	CC. contracts for investment advisory services,
576	576	investment management services or other investment-related
577	577	services entered into by the educational retirement board, the
578	578	state investment officer or the retirement board created
579	579	pursuant to the Public Employees Retirement Act;
580	580	DD. the purchase for resale by the state fair
581	581	commission of feed and other items necessary for the upkeep of
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583	583	EE. contracts entered into by the crime victims
584	584	reparation commission to distribute federal grants to assist
585	585	victims of crime, including grants from the federal Victims of
586	586	Crime Act of 1984 and the federal Violence Against Women Act of
587	587	1994;
588	588	FF. procurement by or through the early childhood
589	589	education and care department of early pre-kindergarten and
590	590	pre-kindergarten services purchased pursuant to the
591	591	Pre-Kindergarten Act;
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621	621	advertising sales representatives for New Mexico magazine;
622	622	HH. contracts entered into by the forestry division
623	623	of the energy, minerals and natural resources department to
624	624	distribute federal grants to nongovernmental entities and
625	625	individuals selected through an application process conducted
626	626	by the United States department of agriculture, the United
627	627	States department of the interior or any division or bureau
628	628	thereof for programs for wildfire prevention or protection,
629	629	urban forestry, forest and watershed restoration and
630	630	protection, reforestation or economic development projects to
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632	632	reduction; [and]
633	633	II. contracts entered into by the early childhood
634	634	education and care department with licensed child care
635	635	businesses;
636	636	JJ. contracts to acquire and replace capital
637	637	licenses used to provide enterprise services pursuant to
638	638	Section 9-27-11 NMSA 1978;
639	639	KK. contracts for the digitization of state or
640	640	federal records;
641	641	LL. contracts for appraisals or surveys for the
642	642	sale or purchase of real property;
643	643	MM. slots for child care assistance for eligible
644	644	families procured by or through the early childhood education
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673	673	and care department; and
674	674	[II.] NN. procurements exempt from the Procurement
675	675	Code as otherwise provided by law."
676	676	SECTION 7. Section 13-1-99 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984,
677	677	Chapter 65, Section 72, as amended) is amended to read:
678	678	"13-1-99. EXCLUDED FROM CENTRAL PURCHASING THROUGH THE
679	679	STATE PURCHASING AGENT.--Excluded from the requirement of
680	680	procurement through the state purchasing agent but not from the
681	681	requirements of the Procurement Code are the following:
682	682	A. procurement of professional services;
683	683	B. small purchases having a value not exceeding
684	684	[one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) ] ten thousand
685	685	dollars ($10,000);
686	686	C. emergency procurement;
687	687	D. procurement of highway construction or
688	688	reconstruction by the department of transportation;
689	689	E. procurement by the judicial branch of state
690	690	government;
691	691	F. procurement by the legislative branch of state
692	692	government;
693	693	G. procurement by the boards of regents of state
694	694	educational institutions named in Article 12, Section 11 of the
695	695	constitution of New Mexico;
696	696	H. procurement by the state fair commission of
697	697	tangible personal property, services and construction under
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726	726	twenty thousand dollars ($20,000);
727	727	I. purchases of instructional materials;
728	728	J. procurement by all local public bodies;
729	729	K. procurement by regional education cooperatives;
730	730	L. procurement by charter schools;
731	731	M. procurement by each state health care
732	732	institution that provides direct patient care and that is, or a
733	733	part of which is, medicaid certified and participating in the
734	734	New Mexico medicaid program; and
735	735	N. procurement by the public school facilities
736	736	authority."
737	737	SECTION 8. Section 13-1-104 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984,
738	738	Chapter 65, Section 77, as amended) is amended to read:
739	739	"13-1-104. COMPETITIVE SEALED BIDS--PUBLIC NOTICE.--
740	740	A. An invitation for bids or a notice thereof shall
741	741	be published not less than [ten ] three calendar days prior to
742	742	the date set forth for the opening of bids. In the case of
743	743	purchases made by the state purchasing agent, the invitation or
744	744	notice shall be published at least once in at least [three ] two
745	745	newspapers of general circulation in this state [in addition,
746	746	an invitation or notice may be published electronically ] or by
747	747	posting the invitation or notice on the state purchasing
748	748	agent's [web site that is maintained for that purpose ] website.
749	749	In the case of purchases made by other central purchasing
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779	779	once in a newspaper of general circulation in the area in which
780	780	the central purchasing office is located. These requirements
781	781	of publication are in addition to any other procedures that may
782	782	be adopted by central purchasing offices to notify prospective
783	783	bidders that bids will be received, including publication in a
784	784	trade journal, if available. If there is no newspaper of
785	785	general circulation in the area in which the central purchasing
786	786	office is located, such other notice may be given as is
787	787	commercially reasonable.
788	788	B. Central purchasing offices shall send copies of
789	789	the notice or invitation for bids involving the expenditure of
790	790	more than [twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) ] one hundred
791	791	thousand dollars ($100,000) to those businesses that have
792	792	signified in writing an interest in submitting bids for
793	793	particular categories of items of tangible personal property,
794	794	construction and services and that have paid any required fees.
795	795	A central purchasing office may set different registration fees
796	796	for different categories of services, construction or items of
797	797	tangible personal property, but such fees shall be related to
798	798	the actual, direct cost of furnishing copies of the notice or
799	799	invitation for bids to the prospective bidders. The fees shall
800	800	be used exclusively for the purpose of furnishing copies of the
801	801	notice or invitation for bids of proposed procurements to
802	802	prospective bidders.
803	803	C. A central purchasing office may satisfy the
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832	832	requirement of sending copies of a notice or invitation for
833	833	bids by distributing the documents to prospective bidders
834	834	through electronic media. Central purchasing offices shall not
835	835	require that prospective bidders receive a notice or invitation
836	836	for bids through electronic media.
837	837	D. As used in this section, "prospective bidders"
838	838	includes persons considering submission of a bid as a general
839	839	contractor for the construction contract and persons who may
840	840	submit bids to a general contractor for work to be
841	841	subcontracted pursuant to the construction contract. Central
842	842	purchasing offices shall make copies of invitations for bids
843	843	for construction contracts available to prospective bidders. A
844	844	central purchasing office may require prospective bidders who
845	845	have requested documents for bid on a construction contract to
846	846	pay a deposit for a copy of the documents for bid. The deposit
847	847	shall equal the full cost of reproduction and delivery of the
848	848	documents for bid. The deposit, less delivery charges, shall
849	849	be refunded if the documents for bid are returned in usable
850	850	condition within the time limits specified in the documents for
851	851	bid, which time limits shall be no less than ten calendar days
852	852	from the date of the bid opening. All forfeited deposits shall
853	853	be credited to the funds of the applicable central purchasing
854	854	office."
855	855	SECTION 9. Section 13-1-106 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984,
856	856	Chapter 65, Section 79) is amended to read:
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885	885	"13-1-106. COMPETITIVE SEALED BIDS--CORRECTION OR
886	886	WITHDRAWAL OF BIDS.--
887	887	A. A bid containing a mistake discovered before bid
888	888	opening may be modified or withdrawn by a bidder prior to the
889	889	time set for bid opening by delivering written or [telegraphic ]
890	890	electronic notice to the procurement manager or the individual
891	891	identified for notices in the request for proposals, rather
892	892	than the location designated in the invitation for bids as the
893	893	place where bids are to be received. After bid opening, no
894	894	modifications in bid prices or other provisions of bids shall
895	895	be permitted. A low bidder alleging a material mistake of fact
896	896	[which] that makes [his] the low bid nonresponsive may be
897	897	permitted to withdraw [its ] the low bid if:
898	898	(1) the mistake is clearly evident on the face
899	899	of the bid document; or
900	900	(2) the low bidder submits evidence [which ]
901	901	that clearly and convincingly demonstrates that a mistake was
902	902	made.
903	903	B. Any decision by a procurement officer to permit
904	904	or deny the withdrawal of a bid on the basis of a mistake
905	905	contained [therein] in the bid shall be supported by a
906	906	determination setting forth the grounds for the decision."
907	907	SECTION 10. Section 13-1-118 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984,
908	908	Chapter 65, Section 91, as amended) is amended to read:
909	909	"13-1-118. COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS--PROFESSIONAL
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938	938	SERVICES CONTRACTS--CONTRACT REVIEW.--All contracts for
939	939	professional services with state agencies shall be reviewed as
940	940	to form, legal sufficiency and budget requirements by the state
941	941	purchasing agent or a designee of the general services
942	942	department if required by the [regulations ] rules of the
943	943	department. This section does not apply to contracts entered
944	944	into by the legislative branch of state government, the
945	945	judicial branch of state government or the boards of regents of
946	946	state educational institutions named in Article 12, Section 11
947	947	of the constitution of New Mexico."
948	948	SECTION 11. Section 13-1-122 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984,
949	949	Chapter 65, Section 95, as amended) is amended to read:
950	950	"13-1-122. COMPETITIVE SEALED QUALIFICATIONS-BASED
951	951	PROPOSALS--RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL --AWARD OF ARCHITECT,
952	952	ENGINEERING, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND SURVEYING CONTRACTS.--
953	953	A. As used in this section, "responsible
954	954	individual" means:
955	955	(1) the director of the facilities management
956	956	division of the general services department or a designee of
957	957	that division;
958	958	(2) the secretary or [his ] the secretary's
959	959	designee [or];
960	960	(3) the secretary of [the highway and ]
961	961	transportation [department ] or [his] that secretary's designee;
962	962	(4) the secretary of cultural affairs or that
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991	991	secretary's designee; or
992	992	(5) a designee of a local public body.
993	993	B. The responsible individual shall negotiate a
994	994	contract with the highest qualified business for the
995	995	architectural, landscape architectural, engineering or
996	996	surveying services at compensation determined in writing to be
997	997	fair and reasonable. In making this decision, the [secretary
998	998	or his designee or the designee of a local public body ]
999	999	responsible individual shall take into account the estimated
1000	1000	value of the services to be rendered and the scope, complexity
1001	1001	and professional nature of the services. Should the [secretary
1002	1002	or his designee or the designee of a local public body ]
1003	1003	responsible individual be unable to negotiate a satisfactory
1004	1004	contract with the business considered to be the most qualified
1005	1005	at a price determined to be fair and reasonable, negotiations
1006	1006	with that business shall be formally terminated. The
1007	1007	[secretary or his designee or the designee of a local public
1008	1008	body] responsible individual shall then undertake negotiations
1009	1009	with the second most qualified business. Failing accord with
1010	1010	the second most qualified business, the [secretary or his
1011	1011	designee or a designee of a local public body ] responsible
1012	1012	individual shall formally terminate negotiations with that
1013	1013	business. The [secretary or his designee or the designee of
1014	1014	the local public body ] responsible individual shall then
1015	1015	undertake negotiations with the third most qualified business.
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1044	1044	Should the [secretary or his designee or a designee of a local
1045	1045	public body] responsible individual be unable to negotiate a
1046	1046	contract with any of the businesses selected by the committee,
1047	1047	additional businesses shall be ranked in order of their
1048	1048	qualifications and the [secretary or his designee or the
1049	1049	designee of a local public body ] responsible individual shall
1050	1050	continue negotiations in accordance with this section until a
1051	1051	contract is signed with a qualified business or the procurement
1052	1052	process is terminated and a new request for proposals is
1053	1053	initiated. [The secretary or the representative of a local
1054	1054	public body] If a contract is awarded, the responsible
1055	1055	individual shall publicly announce the business selected for
1056	1056	award."
1057	1057	SECTION 12. Section 13-1-125 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984,
1058	1058	Chapter 65, Section 98, as amended) is amended to read:
1059	1059	"13-1-125. SMALL PURCHASES.--
1060	1060	A. A central purchasing office shall procure
1061	1061	services, construction or items of tangible personal property
1062	1062	having a value not exceeding [sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) ]
1063	1063	one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) , excluding applicable
1064	1064	state and local gross receipts taxes, in accordance with the
1065	1065	applicable small purchase rules adopted by the secretary, a
1066	1066	local public body or a central purchasing office that has the
1067	1067	authority to issue rules.
1068	1068	B. Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection A
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1097	1097	of this section, a central purchasing office may procure
1098	1098	professional services having a value not exceeding [sixty
1099	1099	thousand dollars ($60,000) ] one hundred thousand dollars
1100	1100	($100,000), excluding applicable state and local gross receipts
1101	1101	taxes, except for the services of landscape architects or
1102	1102	surveyors for state public works projects or local public works
1103	1103	projects, in accordance with professional services procurement
1104	1104	rules promulgated by the general services department or a
1105	1105	central purchasing office with the authority to issue rules.
1106	1106	C. Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection A
1107	1107	of this section, a state agency or a local public body may
1108	1108	procure services, construction or items of tangible personal
1109	1109	property having a value not exceeding [twenty thousand dollars
1110	1110	($20,000)] sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) , excluding
1111	1111	applicable state and local gross receipts taxes, by issuing a
1112	1112	direct purchase order to a contractor based upon the best
1113	1113	obtainable price.
1114	1114	D. Procurement requirements shall not be
1115	1115	artificially divided so as to constitute a small purchase under
1116	1116	this section."
1117	1117	SECTION 13. Section 13-1-126.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws
1118	1118	2013, Chapter 40, Section 6, as amended) is amended to read:
1119	1119	"13-1-126.1. SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS--NOTICE--PROTEST.--
1120	1120	A. At least [thirty] fifteen days before it awards
1121	1121	a sole source contract, the state purchasing agent shall post
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1150	1150	notice of its intent to award the contract on its website. At
1151	1151	least thirty days before it awards a sole source contract, a
1152	1152	central purchasing office shall post notice of its intent to
1153	1153	award the contract on its website, if it maintains one, and
1154	1154	shall transmit the notice to the state purchasing agent for
1155	1155	posting on the state purchasing agent's website. In each case,
1156	1156	the notice shall identify, at a minimum:
1157	1157	(1) the parties to the proposed contract;
1158	1158	(2) the nature and quantity of the service,
1159	1159	construction or item of tangible personal property being
1160	1160	contracted for; and
1161	1161	(3) the contract amount.
1162	1162	B. Any qualified potential contractor that was not
1163	1163	selected for a proposed sole source contract may protest the
1164	1164	selection in writing, within fifteen calendar days after the
1165	1165	notice of intent to award the contract was posted by the state
1166	1166	purchasing agent or central purchasing office, by submitting
1167	1167	the protest to the state purchasing agent or central purchasing
1168	1168	office, as appropriate. The state purchasing agent or central
1169	1169	purchasing office shall then reconsider its selection."
1170	1170	SECTION 14. Section 13-1-138 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984,
1171	1171	Chapter 65, Section 111) is amended to read:
1172	1172	"13-1-138. COST OR PRICING DATA REQUIRED.--When required
1173	1173	by the state purchasing agent or a central purchasing office, a
1174	1174	prospective contractor shall submit cost or pricing data when
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1203	1203	the contract is expected to exceed [twenty-five thousand
1204	1204	dollars ($25,000)] sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) and is to
1205	1205	be awarded by [a method other than ] competitive sealed [bids ]
1206	1206	bid or request for proposals ."
1207	1207	SECTION 15. Section 13-1-150 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984,
1208	1208	Chapter 65, Section 123, as amended) is amended to read:
1209	1209	"13-1-150. MULTI-TERM CONTRACTS--SPECIFIED PERIOD.--
1210	1210	A. A multi-term contract for items of tangible
1211	1211	personal property, construction or services except for
1212	1212	professional services, in an amount under twenty-five thousand
1213	1213	dollars ($25,000), may be entered into for any period of time
1214	1214	deemed to be in the best interests of the state agency or a
1215	1215	local public body not to exceed four years; provided that the
1216	1216	term of the contract and conditions of renewal or extension, if
1217	1217	any, are included in the specifications and funds are available
1218	1218	for the first fiscal period at the time of contracting. If the
1219	1219	amount of the contract is twenty-five thousand dollars
1220	1220	($25,000) or more, the term shall not exceed ten years,
1221	1221	including all extensions and renewals, except that for a
1222	1222	contract entered into pursuant to the Public Facility Energy
1223	1223	Efficiency and Water Conservation Act, the term shall not
1224	1224	exceed twenty-five years, including all extensions and
1225	1225	renewals. Payment and performance obligations for succeeding
1226	1226	fiscal periods shall be subject to the availability and
1227	1227	appropriation of funds therefor.
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1256	1256	B. A contract for professional services may not
1257	1257	exceed [four] eight years, including all extensions and
1258	1258	renewals, except for the following:
1259	1259	(1) services required to support or operate
1260	1260	federally certified medicaid, financial assistance and child
1261	1261	support enforcement management information or payment systems;
1262	1262	(2) services to design, develop or implement
1263	1263	the taxation and revenue information management systems project
1264	1264	authorized by Laws 1997, Chapter 125;
1265	1265	(3) a multi-term contract for the services of
1266	1266	trustees, escrow agents, registrars, paying agents, letter of
1267	1267	credit issuers and other forms of credit enhancement and other
1268	1268	similar services, excluding bond attorneys, underwriters and
1269	1269	financial advisors with regard to the issuance, sale and
1270	1270	delivery of public securities, may be for the life of the
1271	1271	securities or as long as the securities remain outstanding;
1272	1272	(4) services relating to the implementation,
1273	1273	operation and administration of the Education Trust Act;
1274	1274	(5) services relating to measurement and
1275	1275	verification of conservation-related cost savings and utility
1276	1276	cost savings pursuant to the Public Facility Energy Efficiency
1277	1277	and Water Conservation Act;
1278	1278	(6) services relating to the design and
1279	1279	engineering of a state public works project:
1280	1280	(a) for a period not to exceed the
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1309	1309	requisite time for project completion and a subsequent warranty
1310	1310	period; and
1311	1311	(b) upon approval of the secretary of
1312	1312	finance and administration; [and ]
1313	1313	(7) services relating to the design and
1314	1314	engineering of a regional water project with an estimated cost
1315	1315	of more than five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000):
1316	1316	(a) for a period not to exceed the
1317	1317	requisite time for project completion and a subsequent warranty
1318	1318	period; and
1319	1319	(b) upon approval of the secretary of
1320	1320	finance and administration; and
1321	1321	(8) a public-private partnership agreement.
1322	1322	C. A sole source contract shall not exceed four
1323	1323	years, including all extensions and renewals ."
1324	1324	SECTION 16. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
1325	1325	provisions of this act is July 1, 2025.
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