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What is NYC AC § 6-136?

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This section mandates the city chief procurement officer to report annually on the procurement of preferred source products by city agencies. The report must detail the total dollar values of products procured from both preferred and non-preferred source vendors. Applies to city agencies involved in procurement activities.

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§ 6-136 Reporting on preferred source procurement.

AC § 6-136

a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) "Agency" shall mean a city, county, borough, or other office, position, administration, department, division, bureau, board or commission, or a corporation, institution or agency of government, the expenses of which are paid in whole or in part from the city treasury.

(2)"City chief procurement officer" shall mean the person to whom the mayor has delegated authority to coordinate and oversee the procurement activity of mayoral agency staff, including the agency chief contracting officers and any offices that have oversight responsibility for procurement.

(3)"Preferred source vendors" shall mean vendors identified by New York state as preferred sources pursuant to subdivision two of New York state finance law section one hundred sixty two.

(4)"Product" shall mean the specific type of good or service identified on the list promulgated by the New York state office of general services pursuant to subdivision three of New York state finance law section one hundred sixty two. b. Not later than October first of each year, the city chief procurement officer shall submit to the speaker of the city council and publish on the mayor's office of contract services website a report detailing the city's procurement of preferred source products during the prior fiscal year. Such report shall include the following information, disaggregated by agency: (1) the total dollar value of each product procured from preferred source vendors; (2) the total dollar value of each product procured from vendors not identified as preferred source vendors; and (3) the total dollar value of all products procured.

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