<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 5-18A-11 - Purchases of supplies and services under fifty thousand dollars.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8StatuteNumber1 { margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 5-18A-11 - Purchases of supplies and services under fifty thousand dollars."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 5-18A-11 - Purchases of supplies and services under fifty thousand dollars."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/5-18A-11"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=5-18A-11" rel="noopener"><span class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8SENU">5-18A-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8SENU">. </span><span class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8CL">Purchases of supplies and services under fifty thousand dollars.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8Statute"><span class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8DefaultParagraphFont">Unless otherwise specified by statute, purchases of supplies and services under fifty thousand dollars must be made as follows:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Notwithstanding other provisions of chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=5-18A" rel="noopener"><span class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8DefaultParagraphFont">5-18A</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8DefaultParagraphFont"> or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=5-18D" rel="noopener"><span class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8DefaultParagraphFont">5-18D</span></a><span class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8DefaultParagraphFont">, the Bureau of Human Resources and Administration may authorize state agencies and institutions to make purchases of supplies over four thousand dollars and under fifty thousand dollars by obtaining three quotes from different vendors. If three quotes cannot be obtained, the Bureau of Human Resources and Administration may approve the purchase if in the best interest of the state, require additional quotes to be obtained, or require the purchase be advertised for bids;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8StatuteNumber1"><span class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    State purchases of supplies under four thousand dollars may be made in accordance with procedures established by the purchasing agency in the best interests of the state;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8StatuteNumber1"><span class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    State purchases of services under fifty thousand dollars may be made in accordance with procedures established by the purchasing agency in the best interests of the state; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8StatuteNumber1"><span class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    For all other purchasing agencies, purchases under fifty thousand dollars may be made in accordance with procedures established by the purchasing agency.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8Statute"><span class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8DefaultParagraphFont">No purchases may be artificially divided to constitute a small purchase under this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s1e38172b92274416a1bf996971c550a8SCL">SL 2010, ch 31, § 12; SL 2011, ch 31, § 2; SL 2023, ch 17, § 2; SL 2024, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 24-1), § 34, eff. Apr. 8, 2024.</span></p></div></body></html>