Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 34 - GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, PROCUREMENT AND PROPERTY CONTROL
Part V - Procurement
Chapter 25 - Procurement of Professional, Personal, Consulting, Social Services, and Energy Efficiency Contracts
Subchapter A - General Provisions
Section V-2503 - Definitions and Classes of Contractual Services
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code V-2503
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A. The following services shall be contracted out in accordance with these regulations.
1.
Personal Services-for contracts with individuals who render
work which requires use of creative or artistic skills including but not
limited to those individual services identified in
R.S.
39:1556(37) and
entertainers, expert speakers and other services satisfying the requirements of
the definition for personal services as added by regulation.
2.
Professional Service-for
contracts with a total amount of compensation of $50,000 or more, the
definition of "professional service" shall be limited to lawyers, doctors,
dentists, psychologists, certified advanced practice nurses, veterinarians,
architects, engineers, land surveyors, landscape architects, accountants,
actuaries, claims adjusters, pharmacists, visiting professors, municipal
advisors, and any other profession that may be added by regulations adopted by
the Office of State Procurement of the Division of Administration.
3.
Consulting Service-for
contracts as defined in
R.S.
39:1556(10).
4.
Retroactive Claims Recovery
Services-those consulting services where third party coverage
identification and verification represent the primary services, and any
operations type activities such as information technology and/or claims
submission are merely incidental to the total work tasks to be performed, and
where such services will result in revenue enhancement to the state through a
contingency fee arrangement. The RFP process for this type of consulting
service shall require that at least 50 percent of total weighted criteria for
evaluation be allocated to cost.
5.
Social Service-for contracts as defined in
R.S.
39:1556(54).
6
.a.
Performance-Based Energy Efficiency Contract-a contract for
energy efficiency services and equipment in which the payment obligation for
each year of the contract is either:
i. set as
a percentage of the annual energy cost savings attributable to the services or
equipment under the contract; or
ii. guaranteed by the person under contract
to be less than the annual energy cost savings attributable to the services or
equipment under the contract.
b. Any state agency, board, or commission may
enter into a performance-based energy efficiency contract for services and
equipment. Any such agency, board, or commission shall contact the Division of
Administration for assistance in preparation of the requests for proposals,
analysis of the proposals, and development of the contract. The contract shall
be considered a consulting services contract.
c. Performance-based energy efficiency
contracts shall be awarded through a request for proposal process. Any
performance-based energy efficiency contract entered into shall be for a period
not to exceed 10 years and shall contain a guarantee of energy
savings.
7. Interagency
contracts between governmental entities as defined in
R.S.
39:1556(25) and 1556(30),
respectively, for any of the services enumerated in Paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or
6 of this Subsection shall be governed by these regulations, except that
contracts between boards of higher education and their respective institutions
shall be exempt.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 39:1490(B).
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