Prior to the advertisement for bids for any of the foregoing, the commissioner shall give timely written notice to the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly or a legislative employee designated by them, apprising them of the date of such prospective advertisement and the date by which he must be in receipt of their joint requirements of the terms, conditions and specifications to be contained in the bid specifications and any contract let thereon. Such joint requirements may be developed in consultation with the commissioner and reliance upon his expert advice.
The commissioner shall prescribe the terms, conditions and specifications to be contained in the bid specifications and any contract let thereon for the legislative printing for the executive.
N.Y. New York State Printing and Public Documents Law § 4