Guidelines, Rules and Laws

• NDAC 4-12
• NDAC 4-12-01  General Rules
• NDAC 4-12-02  Procurement Organization and Leadership
• NDAC 4-12-03  Delegation of Purchasing Authority
• NDAC 4-12-04  Ethics in Public Procurement
• NDAC 4-12-05  Bidders List
• NDAC 4-12-06  Specifications for Commodities and Services
• NDAC 4-12-07  Managing Contractual Risk
• NDAC 4-12-08  Competitive Solicitation Methods
• NDAC 4-12-09  Limited Competition, Non competitive, and Emergency Procurements
• NDAC 4-12-10  Mistake in Bids or Proposals
• NDAC 4-12-11  Evaluation of Bids or Proposals
• NDAC 4-12-12  Contract Negotiations
• NDAC 4-12-13  Contract Administration
• NDAC 4-12-14  Resolution of Protested Solicitations and Awards
• NDAC 4-12-15  Intergovernmental Relations
• NDAC 4-12-16  Printing

NDCC 54-44 - Office of Management and Budget

• 54-44-04. Powers and duties of the director of the office of management and budget.
  • Items 18, 19, 20, 21

NDCC 54-44.4 - State Purchasing Practices

• 54-44.4-01.    Declaration of policy - Definitions.
• 54-44.4-01.1. Elected officials - Bidder - Communication. 
• 54-44.4-02.    Office of management and budget purchasing services.
• 54-44.4-02.1. Procurement of services.
• 54-44.4-02.2. Specified exempt commodities and services - Report to the budget section. 
• 54-44.4-03.    Director of the office of management and budget may delegate purchasing authority.
• 54-44.4-04.    Office of management and budget - Rules.
• 54-44.4-05.    Competitive, limited competitive, noncompetitive, and negotiated purchases - Exempt records.
• 54-44.4-05.1. Resolution of tie bids or proposals. 
• 54-44.4-06.    All purchases to be made in accordance with specifications - Multi step sealed bids.
• 54-44.4-07.    Procurement of environmentally preferable products.
• 54-44.4-08.    Purchase of recycled paper products.
• 54-44.4-09.    Bidders list.
• 54-44.4-09.1. Secretary of state registration. 
• 54-44.4-10.    Competitive sealed proposals - Exempt Records.
• 54-44.4-11.    Small purchases.
• 54-44.4-12.    Resolution of protested solicitations and awards.
• 54-44.4-13.    Cooperative purchasing.
• 54-44.4-13.1. Purchases - Payment. 
• 54-44.4-14.    Procurement information - Website.
• 54-44.4-15.    Purchasing contracts – Prohibition – Israel boycott.

NDCC 54-44.7 - State Government - Office of Management and Budget - Architect, Engineer and Land Surveying Services

• 54-44.7-01. Definition.
• 54-44.7-02. Applicability - Policy.
• 54-44.7-03. Procurement Procedures.
• 54-44.7-04. Exception.
• 54-44.7-05. Splitting projects or services contracts prohibited.

NDCC 54-59 - Information Technology Department 

• 54-59-32. Major information technology projects - Appointment of executive steering committees.

NDCC 46-01 - Printing Laws - Supervision of State Printing

• 46-01-01. Office of management and budget to purchase printing.
• 46-01-02. Printing duties of office of management and budget.

NDCC 46-02 - Printing Laws - Printing and Binding General Provisions

• 46-02-01. Printing and binding - Duties of the office of management and budget.
• 46-02-04. Classes of printing.
• 46-02-05. Proposals for printing - Classifications 1, 2, and 4 - Form, style, quantity, timing specifications.
• 46-02-06. Opening of bids - Awards.
• 46-02-07. Proposals - How made.
• 46-02-08. Bids - When received - Not changed.
• 46-02-09. Printing classifications 3 and 6 - Procured by the office of management and budget - Exceptions. 
• 46-02-10. Printing and binding done without unnecessary delay - Time within which laws and public documents must be delivered - How extension granted.
• 46-02-12. The office of management and budget - Inferior printing and work.
• 46-02-15. Public printing resident bidder preference.
• 46-02-17. Serial numbering of forms - Penalty.
• 46-02-20. In-plant print shops. Repealed by S.L. 2023, ch. 402, § 2.

NDCC 46-05 - Printing Laws - Newspapers

• 46-05-01. Newspapers qualified to do legal printing - File copies with state historical society - Publishing notices in adjoining county.
• 46-05-03. Legal notices - Fees.
• 46-05-04. Rates and methods of computation applicable to legal notices and publications generally.
• 46-05-06. Legal notices - Penalty for violations in printing.
• 46-05-07. Publications of county meeting and notices. 
• 46-05-09. Publication of legal notices on website. 

NDCC 46-06 Official Newspaper 

• 46-06-09. Publications required to be made in official newspaper. 
• 46-06-10. When publication null and void. 

NDCC 11-11-14(4) and NDCC 11-11-69 - Cities Cooperative Purchasing

NDCC 12-48-03.1 - Rough Rider Industries

NDCC 15.1-09-34 - School Board Contracts and Cooperative Purchasing

• 15.1-09-34. Contracts by school boards - Bids - Penalty.

NDCC 21-06 - Governmental Finance - Miscellaneous Provisions

• 21-06-08 - Authority to contract with the federal government - Delegation of authority.

NDCC 25-16.2 - Work Activity Center Contract Awards

• 25-16.2-01 - Work activity center - Definition.
• 25-16.2-01.1 - Purpose.
• 25-16.2-02 - Direct bidding with work activity centers for highway grade stakes.
• 25-16.2-03 - Contract requirement.
• 25-16.2-04 - Direct purchase from work activity centers.

NDCC 32-12.2 - Claims Against the State

• 32-12.2-17. Indemnification and insurance requirements in state contracts.

NDCC 40-05-01(52) and NDCC 40-05-25 - Counties Cooperative Purchasing

NDCC 44-08 - Miscellaneous Provisions

• 44-08-01. Competitive purchasing required.
• 44-08-01.1. Bids to be sealed - Designation of time and place for opening.
• 44-08-02. Resident North Dakota bidder, seller, and contractor defined.

NDCC 48-01 - Public Buildings

• 48-01.2 Public Improvement Contract Bids.

NDCC 48-01.2 - Public Improvement Bids & Contracts

NDCC 48-09 - Concessions

• 48-09-01. Granting of concessions for cafes, restaurants, and confectioneries on public buildings and grounds.
• 48-09-02. Concession advertised in legal newspaper.
• 48-09-03. Security required of successful bidder.
• 48-09-04. Rules and regulations - Cancelation of contract.
• 48-09-05. Penalty.

NDCC 54-40.3 - Joint Powers Agreements

NDCC 54-59 - Information Technology Department

• 54-59-32. Major Information Technology Projects - Appointment of executive steering committees.