2015 New York Laws
STF - State Finance
Article 11 - (State Finance) STATE PURCHASING
163-A - Vendor preparation of specifications for technology procurements; prohibitions.

   163-a.   Vendor   preparation  of  specifications  for  technology
  procurements;  prohibitions.  If  a  vendor   prepares   and   furnishes
  specifications for a state agency technology procurement proposal, to be
  used in a competitive acquisition, such vendor shall not be permitted to
  bid on such procurement, either as a prime vendor or as a subcontractor.
  Contracts for evaluation of offers for products or services shall not be
  awarded to a vendor that would then evaluate its own offers for products
  or services. Such restrictions shall not apply where:
1.  The  vendor  is the sole source or single source of the product or
  service;
2.  More  than  one  vendor  has  been  involved  in   preparing   the
  specifications for a procurement proposal;
3.  A  vendor  has  furnished  at government request specifications or
  information regarding a product or service they provide, but such vendor
  has not been directly requested to write specifications for such product
  or service or an agency technology procurement proposal; or
4. The state agency together with the office of information technology
  services determines that the restriction is not in the best interest  of
  the  state. Such office shall notify each member of the advisory council
  established in article one of the  state  technology  law  of  any  such
  waiver of these restrictions.