Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 6906 – Rental and purchase of motor vehicles; exceptions
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this title, all passenger vehicles, including sedans, station wagons, passenger and utility vans, off-road vehicles, police-type cars and station wagons and trucks rated 10,000 GVW or less purchased for State use by any agency/school district must be approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and purchased by contracts administered by the Government Support Services. All other vehicles purchased for State use by any agency/school district must be purchased from contracts administered by the Government Support Services.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 6906
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this title, the purchase of special purpose vehicles by any agency/school district in excess of the restrictions set forth in subsection (a) of this section, without the written approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Controller General, is prohibited.
(c) Used vehicles employed by any agency for undercover operations may be purchased by negotiation rather than by competitive bidding as provided in this section, provided that the negotiated prices are approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Controller General.
(d) Except for the Governor’s car, cars rented while on out-of-state business and those cars leased by the Government Support Services, no agency/school district may lease passenger vehicles except from the Government Support Services.
(e) Passenger vehicles may not be transferred from one agency/school district to another agency/school district without the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
(f) The procurement of vehicles by the New Castle County Police shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
(g) The procurement of vehicles by Sussex County shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
69 Del. Laws, c. 136, § ?1; 69 Del. Laws, c. 277, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 601, § ?3; 71 Del. Laws, c. 4, § ?9; 73 Del. Laws, c. 143, §§ ?5, 6; 75 Del. Laws, c. 88, §§ ?16(5), 21(13), 22(4), 28, 29;