16.753 Information relating to pending contracts and orders.
(1) In this section, “major expenditure" means an expenditure of $10,000 or more or, if a contract or order is for continuing purchases, an expenditure of $10,000 or more in the current fiscal biennium.
(2) Except as otherwise expressly provided, each agency shall provide to the ethics commission for posting on the Internet a list identifying each solicitation for bids or competitive sealed proposals and each proposed order or contract of the agency for which bids or competitive sealed proposals will not be solicited that involves a major expenditure, together with all information required under sub. (4).
(3) An agency shall post the information under sub. (2) within 24 hours of the time of initial solicitation or commencement of negotiations, or the time that the information becomes available, if the information is not available at the time of solicitation or commencement of negotiations, and shall maintain the posting until at least 90 days following the time of award of the contract or placement of the order or 90 days following the date of any change order, whichever is later. The agency shall also post any change order to a listed order or contract. If an original order or contract that did not involve a major expenditure, together with a change order, aggregates to a contract or order that involves a major expenditure, the agency shall post the information under sub. (2) with respect to that order or contract.
(4) For each solicitation, contract, or order, the posting shall include:
(a) A brief description of the purpose of the solicitation, contract, or order.
(b) The name of the agency to which the materials, supplies, equipment, or contractual services are to be provided.
(c) A contact person within the agency under par. (b) from whom further information may be obtained.
(d) The date of the solicitation and, if the contract has been entered into or the order has been placed, the date of that action.
(e) A brief description and the date of any change order.
(f) The estimated expenditures to be made under the contract or order, including any changes thereto, or if the contract or order is for continuing purchases the estimated expenditures to be made under the contract or order in the current fiscal biennium.
History: 2005 a. 410; 2007 a. 1; 2011 a. 257; 2015 a. 118.
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