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      Sec. 4a-59a. Restrictions on contract extensions. Exception. (a) No state agency may extend a contract for the purchase of supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services which expires on or after October 1, 1990, and is subject to the competitive bidding requirements of subsection (a) of section 4a-57, without complying with such requirements, unless (1) the Commissioner of Administrative Services makes a written determination, supported by documentation, that (A) soliciting competitive bids for such purchase would cause a hardship for the state, (B) such solicitation would result in a major increase in the cost of such supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services, or (C) the contractor is the sole source for such supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services, (2) the commissioner solicits at least three competitive quotations in addition to the contractor's quotation, and (3) the commissioner makes a written determination that no such competitive quotation which complies with the existing specifications for the contract is lower than or equal to the contractor's quotation. Any such contract extension shall be based on the contractor's quotation. No contract may be extended more than two times under this section.

      (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioners of Administrative Services and Public Works may, for a period of one year from the date such contract would otherwise expire, extend any contract in effect on May 1, 2005, with a value of fifty thousand dollars or more per year, to perform any of the following services for the state: Janitorial, building maintenance, security and food and beverage. Any such extension shall include any applicable increase in the standard wage and the payroll burden to administer the standard wage, as established by the Labor Department.

      (P.A. 90-252, S. 4, 10; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 71; P.A. 05-287, S. 23; P.A. 06-196, S. 31.)

      History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 added Subsec. (b) re extension of certain janitorial, building maintenance, security and food and beverage contracts for one year from expiration date and designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), making technical changes therein, effective May 12, 2004; P.A. 05-287 amended Subsec. (b) to enable both the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the Commissioner of Public Works to extend janitorial, building maintenance, security and food and beverage services contracts for a period of one year provided such contract was in effect as of May 1, 2005, has a value of $50,000 or more per year and any such extension includes applicable increases in the standard wage and the payroll burden to administer the standard wage, effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective June 7, 2006.