NC H18

Department of Administration shall develop and maintain electronic procurement and contract management systems that state agencies must use for purchasing goods and services and managing contracts.

Department of Administration must consult with multiple state entities, comply with state IT architecture standards, utilize the Department of Information Technology as an application service provider, and provide advance notice to agencies before deploying new systems.

Contract management systems must include capacity to ensure payments follow contract terms, store and retrieve key contract documents, and generate customizable management reports for state agencies and oversight personnel.

State agencies exempt from procurement law must still provide timely contract information to the Department of Administration for inclusion in the systems, though they are not required to change their procurement processes otherwise.

State agencies subject to procurement law are prohibited from entering into new contracts or renewing existing contracts for electronic procurement or contract management services once the Department of Administration has deployed systems to perform those functions, effective October 1, 2017.