The PSCRB has the following powers and responsibilities as
delineated in Mississippi Code Annotated §
25-9-120(3)(a)
through (i) (1972, as amended):
(a) Promulgate rules and regulations
governing the solicitation and selection of contractual services personnel
including personal and professional services contracts for any form of
consulting, policy analysis, public relations, marketing, public affairs,
legislative advocacy services or any other contract that the board deems
appropriate for oversight, with the exception of any personal service contracts
entered into for computer or information technology-related services governed
by the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services, any personal
service contracts entered into by the Mississippi Department of Transportation,
and any contract for attorney, accountant, auditor, physician, dentist,
architect, engineer, veterinarian and utility rate expert services. Any such
rules and regulations shall provide for maintaining continuous internal audit
covering the activities of such agency affecting its revenue and expenditures
as required under Section
7-7-3(6)(d)
of the Mississippi Code Annotated (1972, as amended).
(b) Approve all personal and professional
services contracts involving the expenditures of funds in excess of One Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($100,000);
(c)
Develop standards with respect to contractual services personnel which require
invitations for public bid, requests for proposals, record keeping and
financial responsibility of contractors. The Personal Service Contract Review
Board may, in its discretion, require the agency involved to advertise such
contract for public bid, and may reserve the right to reject any or all bids;
(d) Prescribe certain
circumstances whereby agency heads may enter into contracts for personal and
professional services without receiving prior approval from the PSCRB. The
PSCRB may establish a preapproved list of providers of various personal and
professional services for set prices with which state agencies may contract
without bidding or prior approval from the board.
(e) To provide standards for the issuance of
requests for proposals, the evaluation of proposals received, consideration of
costs and quality of services proposed, contract negotiations, the
administrative monitoring of contract performance by the agency and successful
steps in terminating a contract;
(f) To present recommendations for
governmental privatization and to evaluate privatization proposals submitted by
any state agency;
(g) To authorize
personal and professional service contracts to be effective for more than one
(1) year provided a funding condition is included in any such multiple year
contract;
(h) To request the State
Auditor to conduct a performance audit on any personal or professional service
contract;
(i) Prepare an annual
report to the Legislature concerning the issuance of personal service contracts
during the previous year, collecting any necessary information from state
agencies in making such report.
2-103.01
Procurement Regulations
Regulations shall be promulgated with approval of the PSCRB
in accordance with authority granted under Mississippi Code Annotated §
25-9-120
(1972, as amended).
2-103.02
Discretionary Authority
The PSCRB shall have the discretion to grant exceptions to
these regulations when it is determined that it is in the best interest of the
State to do so.
2-103.03
Amendment to the Regulations
These regulations may be amended by the Board as authorized
in Mississippi Code Annotated §
25-9-120
(1972, as amended).
