All personal service contracts shall be entered into pursuant to competitive solicitation, except for:

     (1) Emergency contracts;

     (2) Sole source contracts;

     (3) Contract amendments;

     (4) Contracts between a consultant and an agency of less than twenty thousand dollars. However, contracts of five thousand dollars or greater but less than twenty thousand dollars shall have documented evidence of competition, which must include agency posting of the contract opportunity on the state's common vendor registration and bid notification system. Agencies shall not structure contracts to evade these requirements; and

     (5) Other specific contracts or classes or groups of contracts exempted from the competitive solicitation process by the director of the office of financial management when it has been determined that a competitive solicitation process is not appropriate or cost-effective.

[2009 c 486 § 7; 1998 c 101 § 3; 1987 c 414 § 3.]

NOTES:

     Intent -- 2009 c 486: See note following RCW 39.29.006.

     Conflict with federal requirements -- 2009 c 486: See note following RCW 28B.30.530.