Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 12 - Finance and Administration
Part 6 - Office of Purchasing, Travel and Fleet Management
Chapter 4 - Specifications
Sec2 12-6-4.104 - Procedures for the Development of Specifications
Section 12-6-4.104.01.1 - Provisions of General Application

(1) Application of Section

This section applies to all persons who may prepare a specification for State use, including the Chief Procurement Officer, the head of a purchasing agency, the head of a using agency, and the designees of such officers.

(2) Specification of Alternates

A specification may provide alternate descriptions of supplies, services, or construction items where two or more design, functional, or performance criteria will adequately meet the State's requirements.

(3) Use of Existing Specifications

If a specification for a common or general use item has been developed in accordance with Subsection 4.104.01, Procedures for the Development of Specifications, or a qualified products list has been developed in accordance with Subsection 4.104.01.2 (4), Qualified Products List, for a particular commodity or equipment item, it may be used unless the Chief Procurement Officer or the head of a purchasing agency makes a written determination that its use is not in the State's best interest and that another specification shall be used.

(1) The state-of-the-art;

(2) The characteristics of the available supplies, services, or construction items; or

(3) Needs of the using agency.