§1755. General provisions

The following general provisions shall apply to all procurements under this Part:

(1) No contracts entered into shall have an initial effective date earlier than the date on which such contract receives approval as required by this Part.

(2) All changes, modifications, and amendments to any contract hereunder shall be approved in advance by the office of telecommunications management and the state purchasing office, in addition to any other approvals required by law.

(3) Where written proposals or bids are submitted by vendors, the proposal or bid of the successful vendor shall be incorporated into the final contract consummated with that vendor.

(4) All contracts must contain the following annual appropriation dependency clause: "The continuation of this contract is contingent upon the continuation of an appropriation of funds by the Legislature to fulfill the requirements of the contract. If the Legislature fails to appropriate sufficient monies to provide for the continuation of a contract or if such appropriation is reduced by the veto of the governor or by any means provided in the appropriations act to prevent the total appropriations for the year from exceeding revenues for that year or for any other lawful purpose and the effect of such reduction is to provide insufficient monies for the continuation of the contract, the contract shall terminate on the last day of the fiscal year for which funds were appropriated."

(5) The provisions of this Part shall, with respect to the procurement of telecommunications systems or telecommunications services, supersede specifications of any contradictory or conflicting provisions of the following statutes: R.S. 38:2211 et seq. with respect to awarding of public contracts, and R.S. 39:1551 through 1736.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 152, §1, eff. July 12, 1982. Acts 1984, No. 616, §2, eff. July 12, 1984; Acts 1997, No. 1098, §1, eff. July 14, 1997; Acts 2014, No. 864, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.