Section 3-131-2 - Parceling(a) Procurements should be done through a competitive process whenever possible. Since there is no definition of artificial division or intentional division that could address every circumstance, the procurement officer in deciding if a division is artificial or intentional, shall consider the following: (1) The higher the price of a group of procurements, the more likely they should be consolidated.(2) The more similar the good, service, or construction, or the more likely it is to purchase a group of goods, services, or construction from one type of vendor, the more likely it should be consolidated.(3) The more foreseeable the procurement of similar goods, services, and construction is, the more likely it should be consolidated.(b) In determining whether a competitive sealed process is required and if consolidation is appropriate, the estimated expenditures for any twelve-month period exceeding the dollar limits as stated in section 103D-305, HRS, the competitive sealed process pursuant to section 103D-302, HRS, or section 103D-303, HRS, shall be used to establish a contract.(c) A purchasing agency shall, where possible, make appropriate consolidations to obtain competition. The procurement officer shall be responsible for decisions to proceed with small purchase procurements rather than with a competitive sealed process.[Eff 12/15/95; am and comp 11/17/97; am and comp 11/25/02; am and comp AUG 24 2009] (Auth: HRS §§ 103D-202, 103D-305) (Imp: HRS § 103D-305)