Sec. 8. 5 MRSA §1826-C, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1991, c. 515, §2, is further amended to read:

5. Competitive bidding. The Work Center Purchases Committee shall develop procedures for competitive bidding by eligible work centers only for products and services identified on the work center purchase schedule. If no bid is received from a work center for any product or service on the schedule, the State Purchasing Agent Director of the Bureau of General Services within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services shall confer with the Department of Corrections to determine whether the Department of Corrections is able to provide the product or service at a fair price. If the State Purchasing Agent Director of the Bureau of General Services and the Department of Corrections do not come to agreement, the product or service must be put out to general bid by the State Purchasing Agent Director of the Bureau of General Services, in accordance with standard rules and procedures. If only one work center bid is received, the committee shall review the bid and make a determination regarding the fairness of the price and terms of the proposed contract. If the committee determines that the work center may not be awarded this bid, the State Purchasing Agent Director of the Bureau of General Services shall confer with the Department of Corrections to determine whether the Department of Corrections is able to provide the product or service at a fair price. If the State Purchasing Agent Director of the Bureau of General Services and the Department of Corrections do not come to agreement, the contract must be offered for standard competitive bid by the State Purchasing Agent Director of the Bureau of General Services in accordance with standard rules and procedures.