2023 New Jersey Statutes 52:34-7. State bid advertising thresholds
When the aggregate amount involved does not exceed the amount specified in paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this section, or the amount specified in paragraph (3) of subsection a. of this section or the amount determined pursuant to subsection b. of this section, the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property or the Director of the Division of Building and Construction may, at the director’s discretion, delegate to the appropriate State department or using agency the director’s authority to make, negotiate, or award a contract or agreement without advertising.
The Director of the Division of Purchase and Property or the Director of the Division of Building and Construction, as the case may be, shall establish, in accordance with the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations concerning procedural requirements for the making, negotiating or awarding of purchases, contracts or agreements pursuant to this section, at the director’s discretion.
b. The Governor, in consultation with the Department of the Treasury, shall, no later than March 1 of every fifth year beginning in the fifth year after the year in which P.L.1999, c.440 takes effect, adjust the threshold amount set forth in subsection a. of this section, or the threshold amount resulting from any adjustment under this subsection, in direct proportion to the rise or fall of the index rate as that term is defined in section 2 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C. 40A:11-2), and shall round the adjustment to the nearest $1,000. The Governor shall, no later than June 1 of every fifth year, notify the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property and the Director of the Division of Building and Construction of the adjustment. The adjustment shall become effective on July 1 of the year in which it is made.
L.1954,c.48,s.2; amended 1979, c.422, s.1; 1985, c.107, s.2; 1985, c.349, s.1; 1999, c.440, s.95; 2021, c.412, s.2.