N.J. Admin. Code § 5:34-5.5 - Advertisements; time for response

(a) All notices and advertisements that the Local Public Contracts Law, Public School Contracts Law, or any other law requires to be published in one or more newspapers shall continue to be published as required by law regardless of whether the local unit is utilizing an electronic procurement platform.

1. In any instance where a local unit utilizes an electronic procurement platform for a competitive procurement, any newspaper notice or advertisement required by law shall contain, in addition to such other information as may be required pursuant to law, a statement that the procurement is being conducted through an electronic procurement platform along with the name and internet address of the platform.

2. If a local unit is utilizing both an electronic procurement platform and a paper-based offer submission process for the same procurement, the advertisement shall state that offers may be submitted by either method. A local unit must establish a uniform submission deadline across both methods that complies with the Local Public Contracts Law, Public School Contracts Law, or such other law as may apply to the procurement.

(b) If a local unit conducts a procurement through a platform that requires payment of a fee before any offer documents can be accessed on the platform, the advertisement shall state that such materials can be obtained from the local unit's offices during regular business hours and must include the address of the building where the materials can be obtained, along with the regular business hours.

(c) The minimum amount of time to submit an offer under the Local Public Contracts Law, Public School Contracts Law, or any other law shall remain the same as for paper-based procurement.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 5:34-5.5

Amended by R.2013 d.124, effective 9/13/2013.
See: 45 N.J.R. 984(a), 45 N.J.R. 2210(a) .
In (a), deleted "pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-9 .g, " following "unit,".
Recodified to N.J.A.C. 5:32-4.4 by R.2017 d.213, effective 12/4/2017.
See: 49 N.J.R. 2338(a), 49 N.J.R. 3671(a) .
Section was "Vacancy in the office of purchasing agent".
Emergency New Rule, R.2020 d.062, effective 5/21/2020 (to expire July 20, 2020).
See: 52 N.J.R. 1275(a) . Adopted by 53 N.J.R. 501(a), effective 4/5/2021