Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 39 Public Contracts And Indebtedness - Chapter 39.29 Personal Service Contracts

39.29.003 Intent
It is the intent of this chapter to establish a policy of open competition for all personal service contracts entered into by state agencies, unless ...

39.29.006 Definitions
As used in this chapter: (1) "Agency" means any state office or activity of the executive and judicial branches of state government, including state agencies, ...

39.29.008 Limitation on personal service contracts
Personal services may be procured only to resolve a particular agency problem or issue or to expedite a specific project that is temporary in nature. ...

39.29.011 Competitive solicitation required -- Exceptions
All personal service contracts shall be entered into pursuant to competitive solicitation, except for: (1) Emergency contracts; (2) Sole source contracts; (3) Contract amendments; (4) ...

39.29.016 Emergency contracts
Emergency contracts shall be filed with the office of financial management and made available for public inspection within three working days following the commencement of ...

39.29.018 Sole source contracts
(1) Sole source contracts shall be filed with the office of financial management and made available for public inspection at least ten working days prior ...

39.29.020 Compliance -- Expenditure of funds prohibited -- Civil penalty
No state officer or activity of state government subject to this chapter shall expend any funds for personal service contracts unless the agency has complied ...

39.29.025 Amendments
(1) Substantial changes in either the scope of work specified in the contract or in the scope of work specified in the formal solicitation document ...

39.29.040 Exemption of certain contracts
This chapter does not apply to: (1) Contracts specifying a fee of less than five thousand dollars if the total of the contracts from that ...

39.29.050 Contracts subject to requirements established under office of minority and women's business enterprises
All contracts entered into under this chapter on or after September 1, 1983, are subject to the requirements established under chapter 39.19 RCW.[1983 c 120 ...

39.29.055 Contracts -- Filing -- Public inspection -- Review and approval -- Effective date
(1) Personal service contracts subject to competitive solicitation shall be (a) filed with the office of financial management and made available for public inspection; and ...

39.29.065 Office of financial management to establish procedures -- Adjustment of dollar thresholds
To implement this chapter, the director of the office of financial management shall establish procedures for the competitive solicitation and award of personal service contracts, ...

39.29.068 Office of financial management to maintain list of contracts -- Report to legislature (as amended by 1998 c 101)
The office of financial management shall maintain a publicly available list of all personal service contracts entered into by state agencies during each fiscal year. ...

39.29.068 Office of financial management to maintain list of contracts (as amended by 1998 c 245)
The office of financial management shall maintain a publicly available list of all personal service contracts entered into by state agencies during each fiscal year. ...

39.29.075 Summary reports on contracts
As requested by the legislative auditor, the office of financial management shall provide information on contracts filed under this chapter for use in preparation of ...

39.29.080 Data generated under personal services contracts
A state agency may not enter into a personal services contract with a consultant under which the consultant could charge additional costs to the agency, ...

39.29.090 Contracts awarded by institutions of higher education
Personal service contracts awarded by institutions of higher education from nonstate funds do not have to be filed in advance and approved by the office ...

39.29.100 Contract management -- Uniform guidelines -- Guidebook
(1) The office of financial management shall adopt uniform guidelines for the effective and efficient management of personal service contracts and client service contracts by ...

39.29.110 Use of guidelines -- Report to office of financial management
(1) A state agency entering into or renewing personal service contracts or client service contracts shall follow the guidelines required by RCW 39.29.100. (2) A ...

39.29.120 Contract management -- Training -- Risk-based audits -- Reports
(1) The office of financial management shall provide a training course for agency personnel responsible for executing and managing personal service contracts and client service ...

39.29.130 Contract audits and investigative findings -- Report by state auditor and attorney general
The state auditor and the attorney general shall annually by November 30th of each year provide a collaborative report of contract audit and investigative findings, ...

39.29.900 Severability -- 1987 c 414
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application ...