OAR 137-045-0035
Review of Anticipated Public Contract
(1)
Except as provided in this rule, if an Agency expects the resulting Public Contract to require legal sufficiency approval, the Agency must also submit to the Attorney General any associated Agency Procurement Documents for review of the anticipated Public Contract. The Agency must obtain authorization from an Assistant Attorney General to release the Procurement Documents before the Agency releases them. These requirements may be waived in writing by an Assistant Attorney General if the Assistant Attorney General determines that the resulting Public Contract is legally sufficient and resolicitation of the Public Contract would not materially reduce the risk to the State.(2)
Review of the anticipated Public Contract includes determining what law applies to the procurement and applying that law to the procurement documents to determine whether the procurement process complies with applicable law and Agencies’ reasonable interpretations of their own rules. The reviewing attorney is not required to inquire into facts concerning the procurement process that are not apparent on the face of the documents. The reviewing attorney may require changes to the Procurement Documents that are necessary for compliance with applicable law. If the reviewing attorney determines that nothing in the Procurement Documents, or otherwise apparent to the attorney, would prevent approval of the anticipated Public Contract for legal sufficiency, the attorney shall authorize release of the Procurement Documents. The attorney may condition an authorization to release Procurement Documents as necessary for compliance with these rules. Authorization to release the Procurement Documents does not ensure subsequent legal sufficiency approval of the Public Contract contemplated by the procurement and any accepted response. Authorization to release includes a determination that the solicitation process on the face of the Procurement Documents complies with applicable statutes or rules.
Source:
Rule 137-045-0035 — Review of Anticipated Public Contract, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=137-045-0035.