General Letter #71(d) excludes software licenses from non-competitive purchases. Why?
A. DOIT Contracts & Purchasing staff is expert in the legal requirements and approved language to protect the state through these software license agreements and require that such agreements be administered through their office. Questions surrounding software license agreements may be directed to DOIT Contracts & Purchasing at 860-622-2537. Q. General Letter #71 (c) requires that agencies obtain three written quotes from responsible and qualified sources of supply. Through the use of the State Contracting Portal (SCP) our agency does not always receive three written responses by the bid/quote due date, accordingly, Auditors have cited us on such. Since the SCP was intended to keep procurements open and public, and eliminate the need to selectively send out requests for quotes, how do we avoid such situations? A. Similar to General Letter #71 (b), DAS will be revising/clarifying the language in General Letter #71(c) to include the words “when possible” in reference to obtaining three wr
