§ 143. Responsibilities of other agencies. 1. Prior to awarding any
procurement contract, each agency shall submit to the commissioner
information sufficient to enable publication of the notices of
procurement contract opportunities described in subdivision two of
section one hundred forty-two of this article. Such information shall be
submitted to the commissioner in sufficient time to allow a minimum of
fifteen business days between publication of such notice and the date on
which a bid or proposal is due, except where a shorter period is
specifically authorized by law.

2. No agency shall award a procurement contract unless a notice of a
procurement contract opportunity as described in subdivision two of
section one hundred forty-two of this article has been published in the
procurement opportunities newsletter or unless such procurement contract
is exempt from the requirements of this article in accordance with
section one hundred forty-four of this article.

3. At the time the agency determination of intent to award a
procurement contract is made, each agency shall submit to the
commissioner for inclusion in the procurement opportunities newsletter,
(a) for procurement contracts let by the invitation for bid process, the
result of the bid opening including the names of bidding firms and the
amounts bid by each; (b) for procurement contracts let by the request
for proposal process, the names of firms submitting proposals and the
proposal selected as the best value offer; and (c) for all other
procurement contracts, the name of the proposed awardee.

4. At the time an agency enters into a contract with a single or sole
source provider pursuant to section one hundred sixty-three of the state
finance law, for an amount in excess of fifty thousand dollars, such
agency shall submit an announcement of the intended contract for
inclusion in the procurement opportunities newsletter, and shall specify
the recipient of the contract.

5. At the time an agency enters into a contract, such agency shall
submit an announcement of the intended contract for inclusion in the
procurement opportunities newsletter. Such announcement shall identify
the contract, specify the date of the award of the contract and provide
the name of and contact information for each recipient of the contract.