(a) The contract manager or procurement director of each state agency shall:
(1) approve each state agency contract for which the agency is required to purchase goods or services using the best value standard;
(2) ensure that, for each contract, the agency documents the best value standard used for the contract; and
(3) acknowledge in writing that the agency complied with the agency’s and comptroller‘s contract management guide in the purchase.
(b) For each purchase of goods or services for which a state agency is required to use the best value standard, the comptroller shall ensure that the agency includes in the vendor performance tracking system established under § 2262.055 information on whether the vendor satisfied that standard.