16.612(1)
(1) In this section, "local governmental unit" has the meaning given under
s. 19.42 (7u).
16.612(2)(a)(a) The department shall prescribe, by rule, qualitative standards for optical disks and for copies of documents generated from optical disks used to store materials filed with local governmental units. Prior to submitting any such rule to the legislative council staff under
s. 227.15 (1), the department shall refer the rule to the public records board for its recommendations.
16.612(2)(b)
(b) The department shall prescribe, by rule, qualitative standards for the storage of public records in electronic format and for copies of documents generated from electronically stored materials filed with local governmental units. Prior to submitting any such rule to the legislative council staff under
s. 227.15 (1), the department shall refer the rule to the public records board for its recommendations.
16.62
16.62
Records management service. 16.62(1)
(1) The department shall establish and maintain a records management service:
16.62(1)(a)
(a) To advise and assist state agencies and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority in the establishment and operation of records management programs through the issuance of standards and procedures and provision of technical and management consulting services.
16.62(1)(b)
(b) To operate a state records center and a central microfilm facility for state agencies and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and to promulgate rules necessary for efficient operation of the facilities.
16.62(1)(bm)
(bm) To operate a storage facility for storage of public records and records of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority in optical disk or electronic format in accordance with rules, promulgated by the department under
s. 16.611, governing operation of the facility.
16.62(1)(c)
(c) To periodically audit the records management programs of state agencies and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and recommend improvements in records management practices.
16.62(2)
(2) The department may establish user charges for records storage and retrieval services, with any moneys collected to be credited to the appropriation account under
s. 20.505 (1) (im) or
(kd). Such charges shall be structured to encourage efficient utilization of the services.
16.62(3)
(3) The department may establish user fees for the services of the public records board. Any moneys collected shall be credited to the appropriation account under
s. 20.505 (1) (kd).
PURCHASING
16.70(1)
(1) "Agency" means an office, department, agency, institution of higher education, association, society or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, which is entitled to expend moneys appropriated by law, including the legislature and the courts, but not including an authority.
16.70(2m)
(2m) "Computer services" means any services in which a computer is utilized other than for personal computing purposes.
16.70(3)
(3) "Contractual services" includes all services, materials to be furnished by a service provider in connection with services, and any limited trades work involving less than $20,000 to be done for or furnished to the state or any agency.
16.70(4)
(4) "Executive branch agency" means an agency in the executive branch but does not include the building commission.
16.70(5)
(5) "Judicial branch agency" means an agency created under
ch. 757 or
758 or an agency created by order of the supreme court.
16.70(6)
(6) "Legislative service agency" means an agency created under
ch. 13 which is authorized, or the head of which is authorized, to appoint subordinate staff, except the building commission.
16.70(7)
(7) "Limited trades work" means the repair or replacement of existing equipment or building components with equipment or components of the same kind, if the work is not dependent upon the design services of an architect or engineer, and does not alter or affect the performance of any building system, structure, exterior walls, roof or exits, or the fire protection or sanitation of the building. "Limited trades work" includes decorative and surface material changes within a building and minor preventive maintenance to ancillary facilities such as drives, sidewalks and fences.
16.70(8)
(8) "Municipality" means a county, city, village, town, school district, board of school directors, sewer district, drainage district, technical college district or any other public or quasi-public corporation, officer, board or other body having the authority to award public contracts.
16.70(9)
(9) "Officer" includes the person or persons at the head of each agency, by whatever title the person or persons may be elsewhere designated.
16.70(10)
(10) "Permanent personal property" means any and all property which in the opinion of the secretary will have a life of more than 2 years.
16.70(10m)
(10m) "Personal computing" means utilizing a computer that is located at the work station where the input or output of data is conducted.
16.70(11)
(11) "Recovered material" means a product which is recovered from solid waste in a form identical to the original form for a use that is the same as or similar to the original use.
16.70(11m)
(11m) "Recyclable material" means material in waste for which there exists a commercially demonstrated processing or manufacturing technology which uses the material as a raw material.
16.70(12)
(12) "Recycled material" means a product which is manufactured from solid waste or paper mill sludge.
16.70(13)
(13) "Recycled or recovered content" means the proportion of an item, by weight or other measure, which is recycled material or recovered material.
16.70 Note
Note: Sub. (14) is shown as affected by two acts of the 1999 legislature and as merged by the revisor under s. 13.93 (2) (c).
16.70 Annotation
"Contractual services" include technical and professional services. 65 Atty. Gen. 251.
16.701
16.701
Subscription service. The department may provide a subscription service containing current information of interest to prospective vendors concerning state procurement opportunities. If the department provides the service, the department shall assist small businesses, as defined in
s. 16.75 (4) (c), who are prospective vendors in accessing and using the service by providing facilities or services to the businesses. The department may charge a fee for any such service. The department shall prescribe the amount of any fee by rule.
16.701 History
History: 1995 a. 27,
351.
16.7015
16.7015
Bidders list. The department or any agency to which the department delegates purchasing authority under
s. 16.71 (1) may maintain a bidders list which shall include the names and addresses of all persons who request to be notified of bids or competitive sealed proposals, excluding those to be awarded under
s. 16.75 (1) (c) or
(2m) (c), that are solicited by the department or other agency for the procurement of materials, supplies, equipment or contractual services under this subchapter. Any list maintained by the department may include the names and addresses of any person who requests to be notified of bids or competitive sealed proposals to be solicited by any agency. The department or other agency shall notify each person on its list of all requests for bids or competitive sealed proposals by the department or other agency. The department or other agency may remove any person from its list for cause.
16.7015 History
History: 1995 a. 351.
16.702
16.702
Bidders list registration fee. 16.702(1)
(1) The department shall by rule prescribe a bidders list registration fee to be paid for each state fiscal year by any person who requests to be placed on a list maintained under
s. 16.7015 and who is placed on such a list for any portion of that fiscal year. Payment of the fee to the department entitles the payer, upon the payer's request, to be placed on each list maintained under
s. 16.7015 that is specified by the payer during the fiscal year for which the fee is paid, except as provided in
s. 16.7015.
16.702(3)
(3) The department shall promulgate rules providing for:
16.702(3)(a)
(a) Administration and collection of the fee prescribed under
sub. (1).
16.702(3)(b)
(b) Exemption of any class of persons from payment of part or all of the fee prescribed under
sub. (1) if exemption of that class of persons is in the best interest of the state.
16.702(4)
(4) The department shall deposit all revenues received from fees assessed under this section in the VendorNet fund.
16.702 History
History: 1995 a. 27,
351;
1999 a. 9.
16.705
16.705
Contractual services. 16.705(1)
(1) The department or its agents may contract for services which can be performed more economically or efficiently by such contract.
16.705(1m)
(1m) Subsection (1) does not apply to contracts entered into by the volunteer fire fighter and emergency medical technician service award board under
s. 16.25 (4) (b).
16.705(2)
(2) The department shall promulgate rules for the procurement of contractual services, including but not limited to the approval and monitoring processes for contractual service contracts. Each officer requesting approval to engage any person to perform contractual services shall submit to the department written justification for such contracting which shall include a description of the contractual services to be procured, justification of need, justification for not contracting with other agencies, a specific description of the scope of contractual services to be performed, and justification for the procurement process if a process other than competitive bidding is to be used. The department may not approve any contract for contractual services unless it is satisfied that the justification for contracting conforms to the requirements of this section and
ss. 16.71 to
16.77.
16.705(3)
(3) Contracts for contractual services shall be submitted by the department for the review and approval of the secretary of employment relations prior to award, under conditions established by rule of the department. The secretary of employment relations shall review such contracts in order to ensure that agencies:
16.705(3)(a)
(a) Properly utilize the services of state employees;
16.705(3)(b)
(b) Evaluate the feasibility of using limited term appointments prior to entering into a contract for contractual services; and
16.705(3)(c)
(c) Do not enter into any contract for contractual services in conflict with any collective bargaining agreement under
subch. V of ch. 111.
16.705(5)
(5) The department shall promulgate rules to assure that the process used for selection of persons to perform contractual services includes a review of the independence and relationship, if any, of the contractor to employees of the agency, disclosure of any former employment of the contractor or employees of the contractor with the agency and a procedure to minimize the likelihood of selection of a contractor who provides or is likely to provide services to industries, client groups or individuals who are the object of state regulation or the recipients of state funding to a degree that the contractor's independence would be compromised.
16.705(6)
(6) If the agency for which contractual services are performed under a contractual services agreement concludes that the performance was unsatisfactory, the agency shall file with the department an evaluation of the contractor's performance within 60 days after the fulfillment of the agreement. The evaluation shall be in such form as the secretary may require.
16.705(7)
(7) The department shall review evaluations submitted under
sub. (6) and promulgate rules prescribing procedures to assure that future contracts for contractual services are not awarded to contractors whose past performance is found to be unsatisfactory, to the extent feasible.
16.705(8)
(8) The department shall, annually on or before October 15, submit to the governor, the joint committee on finance, the joint legislative audit committee and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under
s. 13.172 (3), a report concerning the number, value and nature of contractual service procurements authorized for each agency during the preceding fiscal year.
16.705 Annotation
It is possible for the state to lease one of its parking facilities to an independent contractor upon a finding that an independent contractor can perform the service of operating and maintaining the parking facility more economically or more efficiently than the civil service system. 62 Atty. Gen. 183.
16.71
16.71
Purchasing; powers. 16.71(1)(1) Except as otherwise required under this section or as authorized in
s. 16.74, the department shall purchase and may delegate to special designated agents the authority to purchase all necessary materials, supplies, equipment, all other permanent personal property and miscellaneous capital, and contractual services and all other expense of a consumable nature for all agencies. In making any delegation, the department shall require the agent to adhere to all requirements imposed upon the department in making purchases under this subchapter. All materials, services and other things and expense furnished to any agency and interest paid under
s. 16.528 shall be charged to the proper appropriation of the agency to which furnished.
16.71(2)
(2) The department of administration shall delegate authority to make all purchases for prison industries to the department of corrections. This delegation may be withdrawn by the department of administration only with the consent of, and in accordance with the terms specified by, the joint committee on finance, for failure to comply with applicable purchasing rules, procedures or statutory requirements.
16.71(3)
(3) If the department makes or delegates to the department of revenue or to any other designated purchasing agent under
sub. (1) the authority to make a major procurement, as defined in
s. 565.01 (4), for the department of revenue, the department, department of revenue or designated purchasing agent shall comply with the requirements under
s. 565.25.
16.71(4)
(4) The department shall delegate authority to the technology for educational achievement in Wisconsin board to make purchases of educational technology equipment for use by school districts, cooperative educational service agencies and public educational institutions in this state, upon request of the board.
16.71(5)
(5) The department shall delegate authority to the volunteer fire fighter and emergency medical technician service award board to enter into contracts under
s. 16.25 (4) (b).
16.71 Annotation
The applicability of subch. IV is determined by the purpose for the purchase, not the source of funds. 64 Atty. Gen. 4.
16.72
16.72
Purchasing, duties. 16.72(1)(1) The department of administration shall check or have checked, as to quantity and quality, the delivery to agencies of all purchases made under
s. 16.71.
16.72(2)(a)(a) The department of administration shall prepare standard specifications, as far as possible, for all state purchases. By "standard specifications" is meant a specification, either chemical or physical or both, prepared to describe in detail the article which the state desires to purchase, and trade names shall not be used. On the formulation, adoption and modification of any standard specifications, the department of administration shall also seek and be accorded without cost, the assistance, advice and cooperation of other agencies and officers. Each specification adopted for any commodity shall, insofar as possible, satisfy the requirements of any and all agencies which use it in common.
16.72(2)(b)
(b) Except as provided in
ss. 16.25 (4) (b),
16.751 and
565.25 (2) (a) 4., the department shall prepare or review specifications for all materials, supplies, equipment, other permanent personal property and contractual services not purchased under standard specifications. Such "nonstandard specifications" may be generic or performance specifications, or both, prepared to describe in detail the article which the state desires to purchase either by its physical properties or programmatic utility. When appropriate for such nonstandard items or services, trade names may be used to identify what the state requires, but wherever possible 2 or more trade names shall be designated and the trade name of any Wisconsin producer, distributor or supplier shall appear first.
16.72(2)(c)
(c) To the extent possible, the department shall write specifications so as to permit the purchase of materials manufactured in the United States, as defined in
s. 16.754 (1).
16.72(2)(d)
(d) Except as permitted in
s. 16.751, to the extent possible, the department and any other designated purchasing agent under
s. 16.71 (1) shall write specifications for the purchase of materials, supplies, commodities, equipment and contractual services so as to permit their purchase from prison industries, as created under
s. 303.01 (1).
16.72(2)(e)
(e) In writing the specifications under this subsection, the department and any other designated purchasing agent under
s. 16.71 (1) shall incorporate requirements for the purchase of products made from recycled materials and recovered materials if their use is technically and economically feasible. Each authority other than the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, in writing specifications for purchasing by the authority, shall incorporate requirements for the purchase of products made from recycled materials and recovered materials if their use is technically and economically feasible. The specifications shall include requirements for the purchase of the following materials:
16.72(2)(e)5.
5. Construction materials, including insulating materials.
16.72(2)(e)6.
6. Furnishings, including rugs, carpets and furniture.
16.72(2)(e)7.
7. Highway equipment, including signs, signposts, reflectors, guardrails, lane dividers and barricades.
16.72(2)(f)
(f) In writing specifications under this subsection, the department, any other designated purchasing agent under
s. 16.71 (1) and each authority other than the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority shall incorporate requirements relating to the recyclability and ultimate disposition of products and, wherever possible, shall write the specifications so as to minimize the amount of solid waste generated by the state, consistent with the priorities established under
s. 287.05 (12). All specifications under this subsection shall discourage the purchase of single-use, disposable products and require, whenever practical, the purchase of multiple-use, durable products.
16.72(4)(a)(a) Except as provided in
s. 16.74 or as otherwise provided in this subchapter and the rules promulgated under
s. 16.74 and this subchapter, all supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services shall be purchased for and furnished to any agency only upon requisition to the department. The department shall prescribe the form, contents, number and disposition of requisitions and shall promulgate rules as to time and manner of submitting such requisitions for processing. No agency or officer may engage any person to perform contractual services without the specific prior approval of the department for each such engagement. Purchases of supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services by the legislature, the courts or legislative service or judicial branch agencies do not require approval under this paragraph.
