2006 New Mexico Statutes - Section 6-24-19 — Major procurement; competitive proposals.

6-24-19. Major procurement; competitive proposals.

A.     The authority shall enter into a contract for a major procurement after evaluating competitive proposals, and shall not design requests for proposals to provide only for sole source contracts.  The authority shall design requests for proposals in such a manner as to encourage competitive proposals.  The board shall adopt procedures and standards designed to allow the selection of proposals that provide the greatest long-term benefit to the state, the greatest integrity for the authority and the best service and products for the public.   

B.     In any request for proposal process, the authority shall conduct its own procurement, but the authority shall conduct all major procurement in keeping with the general principles of the Procurement Code [ 13-1-28 NMSA 1978].   

C.     The authority may make procurements that integrate functions such as lottery game design and production, lottery ticket distribution to retailers, marketing support, supply of goods and services and advertising.  In all procurement decisions, the authority shall take into account the particularly sensitive nature of the lottery and shall act to promote and ensure security, honesty, fairness and integrity in the operation and administration of the lottery and the objectives of raising net revenues for the public purposes of the New Mexico Lottery Act [ 6-24-1 NMSA 1978].   

D.     Procurements shall not be artificially divided to reduce the cost of the procurement below the major procurement threshold.