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Ark. Code Ann. § 19-11-233

Emergency procurements — Definition

Acts 1979, No. 482, § 34; 1981, No. 600, § 23; A.S.A. 1947, § 14-259; Acts 2001, No. 1237, § 26; 2019, No. 315, § 1770; 2019, No. 419, § 11.

(1) The State Procurement Director, the head of a procurement agency, or a designee of either officer may make or authorize others to make emergency procurements as defined in § 19-11-204(4) and in accordance with rules promulgated by the director.

(2) A person or state agency that makes an emergency procurement under this section shall: Receive at least three (3) competitive bids unless the emergency is a critical emergency; and

(3) Complete a quotation abstract that includes the: Names of the firms contacted;

(4) Time that each firm was contacted;

(5) Quoted price obtained from each contacted firm; and

(6) Method used for contacting each firm.

(7) As used in this subsection, “critical emergency” means an emergency in which human life or health is imminently endangered.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.