§ 136-c. Contracts for employee training and organizational
development services. The director of employee relations is hereby
authorized to enter into contracts for use by all state departments and
agencies for services to support employee training and organizational
development initiatives. Pursuant to procedures developed by the
director of employee relations in consultation with the state
comptroller, agencies shall be permitted to access such contracts
directly in a manner similar to that used for centralized commodity
contracts let by the commissioner of general services pursuant to
section one hundred sixty-three of the state finance law. Nothing
contained herein shall preclude the director of employee relations from
adherence to New York state bidding requirements or any other law, rule
or regulation governing the purchase of consultant services. Further,
nothing contained herein shall restrict or preclude state departments or
agencies from procuring such training and organizational development
services directly without consideration of contracts let by the director
of employee relations.