Chapter highlights:
Purpose: This chapter contains policies and guidelines pertaining to the acquisition of information technology (IT) goods through the use of public, online and reverse auctions.
Key points:
- The purchase of IT goods and nonprofessional services from a public auction sale shall be permitted by any authority, department, agency or non-exempt institution of higher education if approved in advance by the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Commonwealth.
- A reverse auction is a procurement method where suppliers are invited to bid on specified goods or nonprofessional services through real-time electronic bidding, with the award being made to the lowest responsive and responsible supplier.
In this chapter
19.2 Reverse auctions
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