Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 34 - GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, PROCUREMENT AND PROPERTY CONTROL
Part V - Procurement
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Section V-106 - Contracts for $10,000 or Less

A. The Director of the Office of Contractual Review may, in accordance with R.S. 39:1488, 1490.B(3), and 1508, delegate to other state-using agencies certain responsibilities in the review and approval process of professional, personal, consulting and social services contracts, to specifically include contracts for professional, personal, consulting and social services for $10,000 and under. Such delegations of authority may be made upon written request by the head of the using agency and shall be provided for in a written Memorandum of Agreement between the Office of Contractual Review and each using agency receiving such a delegation. All provisions of law and of these regulations not delegated remain applicable. Upon execution of the Memorandum of Agreement as herein provided, such delegation of authority shall remain in full force and effect, until it may be canceled in writing, by the Director of the Office of Contractual Review.

B. A contract meeting the definition of small purchase under R.S. 39:1508 may be approved by the agency director without the necessity of forwarding a copy to the Office of Contractual Review. The agency shall maintain a file for all small purchase contracts. This file shall be available for inspection by the Director of the Office of Contractual Review or his designee upon request.

C. The using agency shall submit a quarterly report to the Office of Contractual Review. This report shall contain a listing of all small purchase contracts to include: the name of contractor, amount of contract, specific nature of services rendered, date of contract, and total dollar amount of all small purchase contracts entered into by the using agency for that quarter. If no such contracts have been entered into during this period, a report shall still be submitted notifying the Office of Contractual Review of same. See §197, Appendix E for format of report.