Rules of the Quonset Development Corporation for the Procurement of Supplies and Services

Regulation Authority:

RIGL 42-64.10

Purpose and Reason:

Pursuant to Chapter 64.10, Section 10(e) of Title 42 of the Rhode Island General Laws, the purpose of these rules (the “Rules”) is to comply with the principles, policies and practices of Chapter 2 of Title 37 of the Rhode Island General Laws (the “State Purchases Act”), and to set forth procedures to ensure fair and equitable treatment of all persons who deal with the Corporation’s procurement system, increase economy in the Corporation’s procurement activities by fostering effective competition, and to provide safeguards for the maintenance of a procurement system for the Corporation of quality, integrity and the highest ethical standards. Notwithstanding anything contained in these Rules to the contrary, the Corporation shall have and may exercise all general powers set forth in Section 42-64.10 of the Rhode Island General Laws necessary or convenient to effect its purposes, which include the power to acquire and to dispose of real property, without the necessity of obtaining the approval of the state properties committee or otherwise complying with the provisions of the State Purchases Act.