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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3.5-205" title_number="3.5" title_name="Department of Information Technology" subtitle_number="2">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department shall establish a technical procurement team that includes individuals with expertise in technology procurement and agile procurement.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The technical procurement team:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>in collaboration with the Department of General Services, shall develop materials that encourage cost–effective and cost–efficient information technology services spending, including procurement templates, procurement contracts, and other procurement materials; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may assist a unit of State government, including the Department of General Services, to procure information technology services, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>drafting requests for proposals;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>reviewing bids and selecting vendors; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>developing information technology service contracts in a manner that encourages competition and full participation by vendors.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
