New Mexico Register / Volume XXXV, Issue 23 / December 10, 2024

This is an amendment to 6.50.2 NMAC, Sections 14 and 26, effective 12/10/2024.

6.50.2.14 PROCUREMENTS AFTER PROTEST:

A. In the event of a timely protest, as defined in 6.50.2.12 and 6.50.2.13 NMAC, the executive director shall not proceed further with the procurement unless [he] the director makes a written determination that it is necessary to go forward with the award of the contract to protect substantial interests of the authority. Such written determination shall set forth the basis for the determination.

B. In no circumstance will a procurement be halted after a contract has been awarded merely because a protest has been filed.

C. The point in time in which a contract is awarded is that point at which a legally enforceable contract is created, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.

[6.50.2.14 NMAC - Rp, 6 NMAC 50.2.14, 09/01/2014; A, 12/10/2024]

6.50.2.26 VOUCHER APPROVAL -- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

A. No voucher for payment of professional services will be approved by the board or its [third party] third-party administrators, other than a payroll voucher or travel voucher, unless the contract and any amendments to the contract have been approved where required by these rules. [All vouchers must contain the contract identification number.]

B. The board or its [third party] third-party administrators shall not approve any voucher for the payment of professional services unless the voucher certifies that the services have been rendered.

[6.50.2.26 NMAC - Rp, 6 NMAC 50.2.26, 09/01/2014; A, 12/10/2024]