§103D-903  Duties of the chief procurementofficer.  (a)  The chief procurement officer may coordinate theimplementation of this part with any similar programs offered by the departmentof business, economic development, and tourism or any other governmental body.

(b)  The chief procurement officer may providestaff to provide service to designated state agencies to assist smallbusinesses in learning how to do business with the State.

(c)  In carrying out this part, the chiefprocurement officer may:

(1)  Give special publicity to procurement proceduresand issue special publications designed to assist small businesses in learninghow to do business with the State;

(2)  Compile, maintain, and make available sourcelists of small businesses for the purpose of encouraging procurement from smallbusiness;

(3)  Include small businesses on solicitation mailinglists;

(4)  Develop and conduct training programs to assistsmall businesses;

(5)  Reduce the level or change the types of bondingnormally required or accept alternative forms of security;

(6)  Make special provisions for progress payments;

(7)  Establish the goal that twenty per cent of theState's annual purchasing expenditure be awarded to small business; and

(8)  Impose mandatory evaluation criteria designed toencourage the use of small business as subcontractors on large contracts notsusceptible to performance by small business. [L Sp 1993, c 8, pt of §2; am L2005, c 50, §4]