Professional Services What are “professional services”?
• It must be rendered or performed by a person authorized by law to practice a recognized profession; and • It must be rendered or performed by a person whose practice is regulated by law; and • Performance of the service must require knowledge of an advanced type in a field of learning acquired by a prolonged formal course of specialized instruction and study as distinguished from general academic instruction or apprenticeship and training; OR, alternatively the procurement must be rendered in the provision or performance of goods or services that are original and creative in character in a recognized field of artistic endeavor. When is a resolution needed to award a Professional Service Contract? A resolution is required when the amount to be awarded exceeds the bid threshold. A Notice of Award must also be published in the official newspaper within 10 days of the award. How are professional service contracts awarded? Professional Service contracts above the bid threshold are awarded
