Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 220 - Department of Administration
Chapter 30 - Purchases
Subchapter 00 - N/A
Part 13 - General Conditions of Purchase
Section 220-RICR-30-00-13.31 - Governing Law, Forum

A. The construction and effect of any solicitation, Contract or Purchase Order documents, Purchase Agreement or actions by the Department of Administration, by and through its Division of Purchases, arising under the "State Purchases Act", R.I. Gen. Laws § 37-2-1, et seq. shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Rhode Island, without reference to its principles of conflict of laws, except where the federal supremacy clause requires otherwise.

B. After exhaustion of any administrative remedies, any suit, action or proceeding brought by a Vendor in connection with any solicitation, Contract, or Purchase Order or actions by the Department of Administration, by and through its Division of Purchases, arising under the "State Purchases Act", R.I. Gen. Laws § 37-2-1, et seq. shall be brought solely in the Providence Superior Court, Providence, Rhode Island. Vendors irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of said court and all courts of appeal from which an appeal may be taken from such court, waive any objection to the venue of said court and any claim that such suit, action or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to waive any State immunity to suit or liability.