39.29.068 - Office of financial management to maintain list of contracts -- Report to legislature (as amended by 1998 c 101). - Washington Statutes

Office of financial management to maintain list of contracts — Report to legislature (as amended by 1998 c 101).

The office of financial management shall maintain a publicly available list of all personal service contracts entered into by state agencies during each fiscal year. The list shall identify the contracting agency, the contractor, the purpose of the contract, effective dates and periods of performance, the cost of the contract and funding source, any modifications to the contract, and whether the contract was competitively procured or awarded on a sole source basis. The office of financial management shall also ensure that state accounting definitions and procedures are consistent with RCW 39.29.006 and permit the reporting of personal services expenditures by agency and by type of service. Designations of type of services shall include, but not be limited to, management and organizational services, legal and expert witness services, financial services, computer and information services, social or technical research, marketing, communications, and employee training or recruiting services. The office of financial management shall report annually to the fiscal committees of the senate and house of representatives on sole source contracts filed under this chapter. The report shall describe: (1) The number and aggregate value of contracts for each category established in this section; (2) the number and aggregate value of contracts of ((two)) five thousand ((five hundred)) dollars or greater but less than ((ten)) twenty thousand dollars; (3) the number and aggregate value of contracts of ((ten)) twenty thousand dollars or greater; (4) the justification provided by agencies for the use of sole source contracts; and (5) any trends in the use of sole source contracts.

[1998 c 101 § 10; 1993 c 433 § 8.]

RCW 39.29.068

Office of financial management to maintain list of contracts (as amended by 1998 c 245).

The office of financial management shall maintain a publicly available list of all personal service contracts entered into by state agencies during each fiscal year. The list shall identify the contracting agency, the contractor, the purpose of the contract, effective dates and periods of performance, the cost of the contract and funding source, any modifications to the contract, and whether the contract was competitively procured or awarded on a sole source basis. The office of financial management shall also ensure that state accounting definitions and procedures are consistent with RCW 39.29.006 and permit the reporting of personal services expenditures by agency and by type of service. Designations of type of services shall include, but not be limited to, management and organizational services, legal and expert witness services, financial services, computer and information services, social or technical research, marketing, communications, and employee training or recruiting services. ((The office of financial management shall report annually to the fiscal committees of the senate and house of representatives on sole source contracts filed under this chapter. The report shall describe: (1) The number and aggregate value of contracts for each category established in this section; (2) the number and aggregate value of contracts of two thousand five hundred dollars or greater but less than ten thousand dollars; (3) the number and aggregate value of contracts of ten thousand dollars or greater; (4) the justification provided by agencies for the use of sole source contracts; and (5) any trends in the use of sole source contracts.))

[1998 c 245 § 33; 1993 c 433 § 8.]

Notes: Reviser's note: RCW 39.29.068 was amended twice during the 1998 legislative session, each without reference to the other. For rule of construction concerning sections amended more than once during the same legislative session, see RCW 1.12.025.