Section 125.05 | Competitive selection.
Except as provided in division (F) of this section, no state agency shall purchase any supplies or services except as provided in divisions (A) to (D) of this section.
(A) Subject to division (E) of this section, a state agency may, without competitive selection, make any purchase of supplies or services that cost twenty-five thousand dollars or less. The agency may make the purchase directly or may make the purchase from or through the department of administrative services, whichever the agency determines. The agency shall adopt written procedures consistent with the department's purchasing procedures and shall use those procedures when making purchases under this division.
(B) Subject to division (E) of this section and in accordance with section 125.051 of the Revised Code, a state agency may make purchases of supplies and services that cost more than twenty-five thousand dollars but less than fifty thousand dollars if the purchases are made under the direction of an employee of the agency who is certified by the department to make purchases and if the purchases comply with the department's purchasing procedures. Section 127.16 of the Revised Code does not apply to purchases made under this division. Until the certification effective date established by the department in rules adopted under section 125.051 of the Revised Code, state agencies may make purchases of supplies and services that cost more than twenty-five thousand dollars but less than fifty thousand dollars in the same manner as provided in division (A) of this section.
(C) Subject to division (E) of this section, a state agency wanting to purchase supplies or services that cost more than twenty-five thousand dollars shall, unless otherwise authorized by law, make the purchase from or through the department. The department shall make the purchase by competitive selection. If the director of administrative services determines that it is not possible or not advantageous to the state for the department to make the purchase, the department shall grant the agency a release and permit under section 125.06 of the Revised Code to make the purchase. Section 127.16 of the Revised Code does not apply to purchases the department makes under this section.
(D) An agency that has been granted a release and permit to make a purchase may make the purchase without competitive selection if after making the purchase the cumulative purchase threshold as computed under division (E) of section 127.16 of the Revised Code would:
(1) Be exceeded and the controlling board approves the purchase;
(2) Not be exceeded and the department of administrative services approves the purchase.
(E) Not later than the thirty-first day of January of each even-numbered year, the directors of administrative services and budget and management shall review and recommend to the general assembly, if necessary, adjustments to the amounts specified in divisions (A) to (C) of this section and division (B) of section 127.16 of the Revised Code.
(F) If the department of education or the Ohio education computer network determines that it can purchase software services or supplies for specified school districts at a price less than the price for which the districts could purchase the same software services or supplies for themselves, the department or network shall certify that fact to the department of administrative services and, acting as an agent for the specified school districts, shall make that purchase without following the provisions in divisions (A) to (D) of this section.
Available Versions of this Section
- September 29, 2013 – House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly [ View September 29, 2013 Version ]
- September 29, 2015 – House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly [ View September 29, 2015 Version ]
- September 30, 2021 – Amended by House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly [ View September 30, 2021 Version ]
- October 3, 2023 – Amended by House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly [ View October 3, 2023 Version ]