Section 143. Responsibilities of other agencies

1. Prior to awarding any
  procurement contract, each  agency  shall  submit  to  the  commissioner
  information   sufficient   to  enable  publication  of  the  notices  of
  procurement contract  opportunities  described  in  subdivision  two  of
  section one hundred forty-two of this article. Such information shall be
  submitted  to  the commissioner in sufficient time to allow a minimum of
  fifteen business days between publication of such notice and the date on
  which a bid or proposal  is  due,  except  where  a  shorter  period  is
  specifically authorized by law.
    2.  No  agency shall award a procurement contract unless a notice of a
  procurement contract opportunity as  described  in  subdivision  two  of
  section  one hundred forty-two of this article has been published in the
  procurement opportunities newsletter or unless such procurement contract
  is exempt from the requirements  of  this  article  in  accordance  with
  section one hundred forty-four of this article.
    * 3.  At  the  time  the  agency  determination  of  intent to award a
  procurement  contract  is  made,  each  agency  shall  submit   to   the
  commissioner  for inclusion in the procurement opportunities newsletter,
  (a) for procurement contracts let by the invitation for bid process, the
  result of the bid opening including the names of bidding firms  and  the
  amounts  bid  by  each; (b) for procurement contracts let by the request
  for proposal process, the names of firms submitting  proposals  and  the
  proposal  selected  as  the  best  value  offer;  and  (c) for all other
  procurement contracts, the name of the proposed awardee.
    * NB Effective December 31, 2009