Competitive Procurement Exceptions

A Procuring Department shall be authorized to procure Commodities or Services, or both, without a competitive Procurement under the following exceptions, and in accordance with policies and procedures issued by ANF, OSD and CTR. Any questions as to the existence of an exception under 801 CMR 21.05 shall be determined by ANF or OSD. All other provisions of 801 CMR 21.00 shall apply. (1) Incidental Purchases. A one-time purchase, or multiple purchases, with a total dollar value that does not exceed the minimum amount established by law, ANF or OSD. (2) Exemption from Competitive Procurement. A general law, special law or other existing legal obligation that specifically exempts or prohibits a Procuring Department or a specific Contract from being competitively procured or specifically names a particular Contractor(s) to be awarded a Contract. (3) Emergency Contract. An emergency Contract shall be appropriate whenever a Procuring Department Head determines that an unforeseen crisis or incident has arisen which requires or mandates the immediate acquisition of Commodities or Services, or both, to avoid substantial harm to the functioning of government or the provision of necessary or mandated services or whenever the health, welfare or safety of Clients or other persons or serious damage to property is threatened. The Contract shallbe effective only for the period necessary to cure the emergency or inaccordance with policies and procedures issued byANF, OSD and CTR. Each Secretariat may establish a policy for administering emergency Contracts. (4) Collective Purchasing. The acquisition of Commodities or Services, or both, by one or more Departments from existing Contracts that have been established by or are proposed by federal agencies, other States or any other public entity. Prior to any acquisitions byDepartments under 801 CMR 21.05(4), OSD shall confirm or identify which Contracts may be used by Departments and any other requirements for these Contracts. NON-TEXT PAGE (5) Interim Contracts. An Interim Contract may be used to prevent a lapse of Contract performance in the following circumstances: (a) Termination or Suspension of Current Contractor. An Interim Contract may be executed whenever an existing Contract has been or will be terminated or suspended for any reason or whenever a Contractor is unable to complete full performance under a Contract. An Interim Contract may be offered to the Bidder that offered the next Best Value Response under the original Procurement and under the same terms and prices offered in that Bidder's original Response. The duration of an Interim Contract shall be limited to the remaining time available under the duration stated in the original RFR, including any options to renew. If the Department is unable to negotiate a Contract with any of the original Bidders who submitted Responses, in their originalrank order according to Best Value, and under the same terms as offered in their original Response, the Department will be required to conduct a new competitive Procurement. (b) Delayed Competitive Procurement. An Interim Contract may be executed with a current Contractor(s) when a new competitive Procurement has been commenced, but due to an unanticipated delay, has not been completed prior to the end of the duration available under the current Contract, as specified in that Contract's original RFR. An Interim Contract may be used to extend the current Contract(s), under the same terms and conditions, only for the period necessary to complete the competitive Procurement, including the execution of new Contracts. (6) Contract Employees. ADepartment requiringtheperformanceof an Individual Contractor, where the planned Contract performance has been classified, prior to the Contractor's selection, as work of a Contract Employee and not that of an Independent Contractor, may select an individual for that Contract using a recruitment process similar to the process the Department uses to select employees, rather than using the Request for Response process under 801 CMR 21.06.