Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:34-6.3

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the State authorities authorized to contract independently under various provisions of State law may also use, without advertising for bids, or having rejected all bids obtained pursuant to advertising, the Federal Supply Schedules of the General Services Administration or schedules from other federal procurement programs, promulgated by the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1996, c.16 (C. 52:34-6.1), subject to the following conditions:

(1) the price of the goods or services being procured is no greater than the price offered to federal agencies;

(2) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2006, c.10);

(3) the authority receives the benefit of federally mandated price reductions during the term of the contract;

(4) the price of the goods or services being procured is no greater than the price of the same or equivalent goods or services under the State contract, unless the authority determines that because of factors other than price, selection of a vendor from the Federal Supply Schedules or schedules from other federal procurement programs would be more advantageous to the authority;

(5) a copy of the purchase order relating to any such contract, the requisition or request for purchase order, if applicable, and documentation identifying the price of the goods or services under the Federal Supply Schedules or schedules from other federal procurement programs shall be filed with the State Treasurer within five working days of the award of any such contract by the authority. The authority shall make available to the State Treasurer upon request any other documents relating to the solicitation and award of the contract.

L.1996,c.16,s.2; amended 1999, c.440, s.107; 2006,c.10,s.5.

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