10 IAC 2-2-1 - Purchase order form and QPA release form approval
Authority: IC 4-13-2-14.3
Affected: IC 4-13-2; IC 4-13.6-1-13; IC 5-22-7
Sec. 1.
(a) The
department of administration, procurement division, may issue purchase orders
or QPA releases on behalf of any state agency without submitting such purchase
order forms or QPA releases individually to the office of attorney general for
review and approval in the following circumstances:
(1) The purchase order or QPA release is
issued pursuant to a contract or QPA that has been individually reviewed and
approved by a deputy attorney general designated by the attorney general to
review and approve contracts.
(2)
The total amount of the purchase order is less than one hundred thousand
dollars ($100,000), and it is issued, as a result of a bidding procedure
conducted in accordance with IC 5-22-7, for the purchase of supplies that are
tangible personal property and the invitation to bid utilizes only general
terms and conditions, special terms and conditions or single contract terms and
conditions.
(3) The purchase order
is issued for the purchase of supplies or services where the contract is
approved by a rule adopted by the attorney general.
(b) The department of administration, public
works division, may issue purchase orders on behalf of any state agency for
public works projects, as defined in IC
4-13.6-1-13,
without submitting such purchase order forms individually to the office of the
attorney general for review and approval in the following circumstances:
(1) The purchase order is issued pursuant to
a contract that has been individually reviewed and approved by a deputy
attorney general designated by the attorney general to review and approve
contracts.
(2) The total amount of
the purchase order is less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) and
the contract is approved by a rule adopted by the attorney general.
(c) All proposed purchase order
forms and QPA release forms shall be submitted to the office of attorney
general prior to usage under the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this
section. Attorney general approval of such forms will be given in writing and
filed with the commissioner of the department of administration, the state
board of accounts and the commission on public records. This approval may
revoked, prospectively, upon written notice filed with the commissioner of the
department of administration, the state board of accounts and the commission on
public records.
(d) Purchase orders
or QPA releases, in order to be issued, must include additional information not
preprinted on the form including, but not limited to, the name and address of
the vendor or contractor, the state agency involved, budgetary account
information, a description of the goods or services, the price, and other
various items. The procurement division or the public works division shall so
complete these forms; however, no term in conflict with those terms shown on
the invitation to bid or preprinted on the purchase order forms, or in conflict
with the contract individually approved by a deputy attorney general, may be
added without the written approval of a deputy attorney general designated by
the attorney general to review and approve contracts.
(e) All purchase orders or QPA releases not
meeting the requirements of this section must be individually submitted to the
office of the attorney general for review and approval.
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