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Legal Issues

The purpose of this training class is to provide you with a general overview of the following topics:

• The Department of Administrative Services (DOAS) contracting process
• The procedures regarding formal protests and informal complaints
• The current limitations regarding the negotiations authorized by H.B. 312
• Conflicts of interests affecting evaluations and negotiations
• Open Records requests

Objectives:

At the completion of this training course, you will be able to do the following:

• Select appropriate contract terms for the procurement
• Address contract negotiations within the Request for x (RFx)
• Analyze vendors’ contract exceptions
• Finalize contracts
• Differentiate between informal complaints and formal protests
• Understand the internal process for resolving informal complaints and formal protests
• Examine issues which create informal complaints and formal protests
• Discuss tips to avoid successful challenges
• Study the scope of negotiations authorized by H.B. 312
• Identify communication restrictions regarding H.B. 312 negotiations
• Consider conflicts of interest affecting the evaluation/negotiation process
• Identify and properly manage Open Records requests
  

Prerequisites: 

• Introduction to State Purchasing or six (6) month performing public purchasing functions
• Fundamentals of State Purchasing