Section 3-141-101 - Purpose The purpose of these rules is to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the procurement of health and human services for the state, by:
(1) Simplifying, clarifying, and modernizing the law governing procurement;(2) Encouraging the continued development of procurement policies and practices to accommodate changing needs and circumstances;(3) Making the procurement laws and practices as consistent as practicable;(4) Ensuring the fair and equitable treatment of all providers who deal with the procurement system of the state;(5) Providing increased economy in procurement activities and maximizing to the fullest extent practicable the purchasing value of public funds;(6) Fostering effective, broad-based competition within the free enterprise system;(7) Providing safeguards for the maintenance of a procurement system that has quality and integrity; and(8) Increasing public confidence in the procedures followed in public procurement.[Eff 6/19/99; comp JAN 23 2006] (Auth: HRS § 103F-106) (Imp: HRS §§ 103F-101 to 103F-504)