N.J. Admin. Code § 19:9-2.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 19:9-2.1 - General provisions

(a) All contracts of the Authority entered into for the performance of any work, or any purchases or hiring of personal property, services, supplies, equipment or goods, shall be as prescribed in these regulations and procedures. The objective of these regulations is to enable the Authority to accomplish its procurement equitably and expeditiously at the least possible cost. These regulations may be added to or amended by the specific provisions of each bid or proposal specifications or contract documents, and the Authority's Standard Specifications, as incorporated therein.

(b) The Authority shall develop and implement procedures for maintaining electronically submitted bidding documents in a manner that preserves their integrity, ensures that their timely receipt can be established and verified, and allows the entire contents of each bid to be clearly established and publicly inspected at the date and time that bids are opened. To the extent practicable and consistent with realizing efficiencies that can be achieved through the use of electronic bidding, the Authority's procedures with respect to electronically submitted documents shall be functionally equivalent to those followed with respect to equivalent documents that are submitted in paper form.

(c) Where electronic submission of a document is specifically authorized by statute, rule or by the specifications applicable to a procurement or sale of property, as the case may be, bidders may submit such documents in the time and manner required by the applicable statute, rule or specification. Where the applicable statute, rule or specification requires the submission of any document in electronic form, the Authority shall reject any such documents that are submitted in paper form as nonresponsive.

N.J. Admin. Code § 19:9-2.1

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 3236(b), effective 9/18/2017