Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 43 State Government -- Executive - Chapter 43.19 Department Of General Administration

43.19.010 Director -- Authority, appointment, salary
The director of general administration shall be the executive head of the department of general administration. The director shall be appointed by the governor with ...

43.19.011 Director -- Powers and duties
(1) The director of general administration shall supervise and administer the activities of the department of general administration and shall advise the governor and the ...

43.19.014 Notification requirements
Actions under this chapter are subject to the notification requirements of RCW 43.17.400.[2007 c 62 § 12.]Notes: Finding -- Intent -- Severability -- 2007 c ...

43.19.015 Certain powers and duties of director of public institutions transferred to director of financial institutions
The director of financial institutions shall have the power and duties of the director of public institutions contained in the following chapters of RCW: Chapter ...

43.19.025 General administration services account
The general administration services account is created in the custody of the state treasurer and shall be used for all activities previously budgeted and accounted ...

43.19.035 Commemorative works account
(1) The commemorative works account is created in the custody of the state treasurer and shall be used by the department of general administration for ...

43.19.123 Powers, duties, and functions pertaining to energy efficiency in public buildings -- Transfer from state energy office -- References to director or state energy office
(1) All powers, duties, and functions of the state energy office pertaining to energy efficiency in public buildings are transferred to the department of general ...

43.19.125 Powers and duties -- Division of capitol buildings
(1) The director of general administration, through the division of capitol buildings, shall have custody and control of the capitol buildings and grounds, supervise and ...

43.19.180 State purchasing and material control director -- Appointment -- Personnel
The director of general administration shall appoint and deputize an assistant director to be known as the state purchasing and material control director, who shall ...

43.19.185 State purchasing and material control director -- System for the use of credit cards or similar devices to be developed -- Rules
(1) The director of general administration through the state purchasing and material control director shall develop a system for state agencies and departments to use ...

43.19.190 State purchasing and material control director -- Powers and duties
The director of general administration, through the state purchasing and material control director, shall: (1) Establish and staff such administrative organizational units within the division ...

43.19.1901 "Purchase" includes leasing or renting -- Electronic data processing equipment excepted
The term "purchase" as used in RCW 43.19.190 through 43.19.200, and as they may hereafter be amended, shall include leasing or renting: PROVIDED, That the ...

43.19.1905 Statewide policy for purchasing and material control -- Establishment -- Functions covered
(1) The director of general administration shall establish overall state policy for compliance by all state agencies, including educational institutions, regarding the following purchasing and ...

43.19.19052 Initial purchasing and material control policy -- Legislative intent -- Agency cooperation
Initial policy determinations for the functions described in RCW 43.19.1905 shall be developed and published within the 1975-77 biennium by the director for guidance and ...

43.19.19054 Exemptions from statewide policy for purchasing and material control
The provisions of RCW 43.19.1905 shall not apply to materials, supplies, and equipment purchased for resale to other than public agencies by state agencies, including ...

43.19.1906 Competitive bids -- Procedure -- Exceptions
Insofar as practicable, all purchases and sales shall be based on competitive bids, and a formal sealed, electronic, or web-based bid procedure, subject to RCW ...

43.19.1908 Bids -- Solicitation -- Qualified bidders
Competitive bidding required by RCW 43.19.190 through 43.19.1939 shall be solicited by public notice, and through the sending of notices by mail, electronic transmission, or ...

43.19.1911 Competitive bids -- Notice of modification or cancellation -- Cancellation requirements--Lowest responsible bidder -- Preferential purchase -- Life cycle costing
(1) Preservation of the integrity of the competitive bid system dictates that after competitive bids have been opened, award must be made to that responsible ...

43.19.1913 Rejection of bid for previous unsatisfactory performance
The division of purchasing may reject the bid of any bidder who has failed to perform satisfactorily a previous contract with the state.[1965 c 8 ...

43.19.1914 Low bidder claiming error -- Prohibition on later bid for same project
A low bidder who claims error and fails to enter into a contract is prohibited from bidding on the same purchase or project if a ...

43.19.1915 Bidder's bond -- Annual bid bond
When any bid has been accepted, the division of purchasing may require of the successful bidder a bond payable to the state in such amount ...

43.19.1917 Records of equipment owned by state -- Inspection -- "State equipment" defined
All state agencies, including educational institutions, shall maintain a perpetual record of ownership of state owned equipment, which shall be available for the inspection and ...

43.19.1919 Surplus personal property -- Sale, exchange -- Exceptions and limitations
The division of purchasing shall sell or exchange personal property belonging to the state for which the agency, office, department, or educational institution having custody ...

43.19.19190 Surplus property -- Exemption for original or historic state capitol furnishings
Original or historic furnishings from the state capitol group under RCW 27.48.040 do not constitute surplus property under this chapter.[1999 c 343 § 3.]Notes: Findings ...

43.19.19191 Surplus computers and computer-related equipment -- Donation to school districts or educational service districts
(1) In addition to disposing of property under RCW 28A.335.180, 39.33.010, 43.19.1919, and 43.19.1920, state-owned, surplus computers and computer-related equipment may be donated to any ...

43.19.1920 Surplus personal property -- Donation to emergency shelters
The division of purchasing may donate state-owned, surplus, tangible personal property to shelters that are: Participants in the department of community, trade, and economic development's ...

43.19.19201 Affordable housing -- Inventory of suitable property
(1) The department of general administration shall identify and catalog real property that is no longer required for department purposes and is suitable for the ...

43.19.1921 Central stores warehouse facilities -- Central maintenance, repair -- Sales, exchanges, between state agencies
The director of general administration, through the division of purchasing, shall: (1) Establish and maintain warehouses hereinafter referred to as "central stores" for the centralized ...

43.19.1923 General administration services account -- Use
The general administration services account shall be used for the purchase of supplies and equipment handled or rented through central stores, and the payment of ...

43.19.1925 Combined purchases of commonly used items -- Advance payments by state agencies -- Costs of operating central stores
To supply such funds as may be necessary for making combined purchases of items or services of common use by central stores, state agencies shall, ...

43.19.1932 Correctional industries goods and services -- Sales and purchases
The department of corrections shall be exempt from the following provisions of this chapter in respect to goods or services purchased or sold pursuant to ...

43.19.1937 Acceptance of benefits, gifts, etc., prohibited -- Penalties
No state employee whose duties performed for the state include: (1) Advising on or drawing specifications for supplies, equipment, commodities, or services; (2) Suggesting or ...

43.19.1939 Unlawful to offer, give, accept, benefits as inducement for or to refrain from bidding -- Penalty
(1) When any competitive bid or bids are to be or have been solicited, requested, or advertised for by the state under the provisions of ...

43.19.200 Duty of others in relation to purchases -- Emergency purchases -- Written notifications
(1) The governing authorities of the state's educational institutions, the elective state officers, the supreme court, the court of appeals, the administrative and other departments ...

43.19.205 Chapter not applicable to certain transfers of property
This chapter does not apply to transfers of property under *sections 1 and 2 of this act.[2006 c 35 § 5.]Notes: *Reviser's note: The reference ...

43.19.450 Supervisor of engineering and architecture -- Qualifications -- Appointment -- Powers and duties -- Delegation of authority
The director of general administration shall appoint and deputize an assistant director to be known as the supervisor of engineering and architecture who shall have ...

43.19.455 Purchase of works of art -- Procedure
Except as provided under RCW 43.17.210, the Washington state arts commission shall determine the amount to be made available for the purchase of art under ...

43.19.500 General administration services account -- Use
The general administration services account shall be used by the department of general administration for the payment of certain costs, expenses, and charges, as specified ...

43.19.501 Thurston county capital facilities account
The Thurston county capital facilities account is created in the state treasury. The account is subject to the appropriation and allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 ...

43.19.520 Purchase of products and services from entities serving or providing opportunities for disadvantaged or disabled persons -- Intent
It is the intent of the legislature to encourage state agencies and departments to purchase products and/or services manufactured or provided by: (1) Community rehabilitation ...

43.19.525 Purchases from entities serving or providing opportunities for disadvantaged or disabled persons -- Definitions
The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 43.19.520 through 43.19.530 unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Businesses owned and operated by persons with ...

43.19.530 Purchases from entities serving or providing opportunities for disadvantaged or disabled persons -- Authorized -- Fair market price
The state agencies and departments are hereby authorized to purchase products and/or services manufactured or provided by: (1) Community rehabilitation programs of the department of ...

43.19.531 Purchases from entities serving or providing opportunities for disadvantaged or disabled persons -- Vendors in good standing -- Notice to purchasing agents -- Notice to vendors -- Reports
(1) The department of general administration shall identify in the department's vendor registry all vendors in good standing, as defined in RCW 43.19.525. (2) The ...

43.19.533 Purchases from entities serving or providing opportunities for disadvantaged or disabled persons -- Existing contracts not impaired -- Solicitation of vendors in good standing
(1) Nothing in chapter 136, Laws of 2003 requires any state agency to take any action that interferes with or impairs an existing contract between ...

43.19.534 Purchase of articles or products from inmate work programs -- Replacement of goods and services obtained from outside the state -- Rules
State agencies, the legislature, and departments shall purchase for their use all goods and services required by the legislature, agencies, or departments that are produced ...

43.19.535 Purchase of goods and services from inmate work programs
Any person, firm, or organization which makes any bid to provide any goods or any services to any state agency shall be granted a preference ...

43.19.536 Contracts subject to requirements established under office of minority and women's business enterprises
All contracts entered into and purchases made, including leasing or renting, under this chapter on or after September 1, 1983, are subject to the requirements ...

43.19.538 Purchase of products containing recycled material -- Preference -- Specifications and rules -- Review
(1) The director of general administration, through the state purchasing director, shall develop specifications and adopt rules for the purchase of products which will provide ...

43.19.539 Purchase of electronic products meeting environmental performance standards -- Surplus electronic products -- Use of registered transporters, processors -- Legal secondary markets
(1) The department of general administration shall establish purchasing and procurement policies that establish a preference for electronic products that meet environmental performance standards relating ...

43.19.558 Motor vehicle management programs -- Costs
Notes: Reviser's note: RCW 43.19.558 was amended by 1998 c 105 § 10 without reference to its repeal by 1998 c 111 § 1. It ...

43.19.560 Motor vehicle transportation service -- Definitions
As used in RCW 43.19.565 through 43.19.635, 43.41.130 and 43.41.140, the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Passenger motor vehicle" means any sedan, station wagon, bus, ...

43.19.565 Motor vehicle transportation service -- Powers and duties
The department of general administration shall establish a motor vehicle transportation service which is hereby empowered to: (1) Provide suitable motor vehicle transportation services to ...

43.19.570 Motor vehicle transportation service -- Responsibilities -- Agreements with other agencies -- Alternative fuels and clean technologies
(1) The department shall direct and be responsible for the acquisition, operation, maintenance, storage, repair, and replacement of state motor vehicles under its control. The ...

43.19.575 Passenger motor vehicles owned or operated by state agencies -- Duty of the office of financial management to establish policies as to acquisition, operation, authorized use, etc
See RCW 43.41.130. ...

43.19.585 Motor vehicle transportation service -- Supervisor of motor transport -- Powers and duties
The director of general administration shall appoint a supervisor of motor transport, who shall have general charge and supervision of state motor pools and motor ...

43.19.590 Motor vehicle transportation service -- Transfer of employees -- Retention of employment rights
All employees of any state agency who are employed exclusively or principally in performing the powers, duties, and functions transferred pursuant to RCW 43.19.595 through ...

43.19.595 Motor vehicle transportation service -- Transfer of motor vehicles, property, etc., from motor pool to department
All passenger motor vehicles, property, facilities, equipment, credits, funds, and all other assets and obligations of the automobile pool and pertaining to passenger motor vehicles ...

43.19.600 Motor vehicle transportation service -- Transfer of passenger motor vehicles to department from other agencies -- Studies
(1) On or after July 1, 1975, any passenger motor vehicles currently owned or hereafter acquired by any state agency, except vehicles acquired from federal ...

43.19.610 General administration services account -- Sources -- Disbursements
All moneys, funds, proceeds, and receipts as provided in RCW 43.19.615 and as may otherwise be provided by law shall be paid into the general ...

43.19.615 Motor vehicle transportation service -- Deposits -- Disbursements
The director of general administration shall deposit in the general administration services account all receipts, including the initial transfer of automobile pool capital from the ...

43.19.620 Motor vehicle transportation service -- Rules and regulations
The director of general administration, through the supervisor of motor transport, shall adopt, promulgate, and enforce such regulations as may be deemed necessary to accomplish ...

43.19.625 Employee commuting in state owned or leased vehicle -- Policies and regulations
See RCW 43.41.140. ...

43.19.630 Motor vehicle transportation service -- Use of personal motor vehicle
RCW 43.19.560 through 43.19.620,43.41.130 , and 43.41.140 shall not be construed to prohibit a state officer or employee from using his personal motor vehicle on ...

43.19.635 Motor vehicle transportation service -- Unauthorized use of state vehicles -- Procedure -- Disciplinary action
(1) The governor, acting through the department of general administration and any other appropriate agency or agencies as he may direct, is empowered to utilize ...

43.19.637 Clean-fuel vehicles -- Purchasing requirements
(1) At least thirty percent of all new vehicles purchased through a state contract shall be clean-fuel vehicles. (2) The percentage of clean-fuel vehicles purchased ...

43.19.642 Biodiesel fuel blends -- Use by agencies -- Biannual report
(1) Effective June 1, 2006, for agencies complying with the ultra-low sulfur diesel mandate of the United States environmental protection agency for on-highway diesel fuel, ...

43.19.643 Biodiesel fuel blends -- Definitions
The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 43.19.642 unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Biodiesel" means a mono alkyl ester of long chain ...

43.19.646 Coordinating the purchase and delivery of biodiesel -- Reports
(1) The department of general administration must assist state agencies seeking to meet the biodiesel fuel requirements in RCW 43.19.642 by coordinating the purchase and ...

43.19.647 Purchase of biofuels and biofuel blends -- Contracting authority
(1) In order to allow the motor vehicle fuel needs of state and local government to be satisfied by Washington-produced biofuels as provided in this ...

43.19.648 Publicly owned vehicles, vessels, and construction equipment -- Fuel usage -- Tires
(1) Effective June 1, 2015, all state agencies and local government subdivisions of the state, to the extent determined practicable by the rules adopted by ...

43.19.651 Fuel cells and renewable or alternative energy sources
(1) When planning for the capital construction or renovation of a state facility, state agencies shall consider the utilization of fuel cells and renewable or ...

43.19.663 Clean technologies -- Purchase
(1) The department of general administration, in cooperation with public agencies, shall investigate opportunities to aggregate the purchase of clean technologies with other public agencies ...

43.19.668 Energy conservation -- Legislative finding -- Declaration
The legislature finds and declares that the buildings, facilities, equipment, and vehicles owned or leased by state government consume significant amounts of energy and that ...

43.19.669 Energy conservation -- Purpose
It is the purpose of RCW 43.19.670 through 43.19.685 to require energy audits in state-owned buildings, to require energy audits as a lease condition in ...

43.19.670 Energy conservation -- Definitions
As used in RCW 43.19.670 through 43.19.685, the following terms have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Energy audit" means a ...

43.19.675 Energy audits of state-owned facilities required -- Completion dates
For each state-owned facility, the director of general administration, or the agency responsible for the facility if other than the department of general administration, shall ...

43.19.680 Implementation of energy conservation and maintenance procedures after walk-through survey -- Investment grade audit -- Reports -- Contracts with energy service companies, staffing
(1) Upon completion of each walk-through survey required by RCW 43.19.675, the director of general administration or the agency responsible for the facility if other ...

43.19.682 Energy conservation to be included in landscape objectives
The director of the department of general administration shall seek to further energy conservation objectives among other landscape objectives in planting and maintaining trees upon ...

43.19.685 Lease covenants, conditions, and terms to be developed -- Applicability
The director of general administration shall develop lease covenants, conditions, and terms which: (1) Obligate the lessor to conduct or have conducted a walk-through survey ...

43.19.691 Municipalities -- Energy audits and efficiency
(1) Municipalities may conduct energy audits and implement cost-effective energy conservation measures among multiple government entities. (2) All municipalities shall report to the department if ...

43.19.695 Bonds to finance conservation measures
Financing to implement conservation measures, including fees charged by the department, may be carried out with bonds issued by the Washington economic development finance authority ...

43.19.700 In-state preference clauses -- Finding -- Intent
The legislature finds that in-state preference clauses used by other states in procuring goods and services have a discriminatory effect against Washington vendors with resulting ...

43.19.702 List of statutes and regulations of each state on state purchasing which grant preference to in-state vendors
The director of general administration shall compile a list of the statutes and regulations, relating to state purchasing, of each state, which statutes and regulations ...

43.19.704 Rules for reciprocity in bidding
The director of general administration shall adopt and apply rules designed to provide for some reciprocity in bidding between Washington and those states having statutes ...

43.19.710 Consolidated mail service -- Definitions
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this section and RCW 43.19.715. (1) "Consolidated mail service" means incoming, outgoing, ...

43.19.715 Consolidated mail service -- Area served
The director shall establish a consolidated mail service to handle all incoming, outgoing, and internal mail in the 98504 zip code area or successor zip ...

43.19.720 Consolidated mail service -- Review needs of state agencies
The department, in cooperation with the office of financial management, shall review current and prospective needs of state agencies for any equipment to process mail ...