Rutgers Law

New Jersey Statutes, Title: 48, PUBLIC UTILITIES

    Chapter 3: Unjust or unreasonable discriminations or classifications of rates; "board" defined

      Section: 48:3-106.3: Modifications to law, regulation that may interfere with expedited award.

          3. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, for the purpose of expediting the board's procurement of technical services to administer the SSBVEEVR and the SSBNPFA Programs, the following provisions shall apply as modifications to law or regulation that may interfere with the expedited award of the above services:

(1) the procurement may be done by the board itself consistent with the requirements of sections 2, 3, 4, and 5 of P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-7, C.52:34-8, C.52:34-9, and C.52:34-10), with the board authorizing a waiver of advertising under subsection (a) of section 4 of P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-9) and approving the final contract by resolutions of the board;

(2) the timeframes for challenging the award of the contract may be modified as determined by the board;

(3) the board may amend any existing contract with a vendor administering another board energy efficiency program to assist with the administering of the SSBVEEVR and the SSBNPFA Programs until the contract to be awarded pursuant to this section is executed; and

(4) the period of time that the State Comptroller has to review the request for proposals for these professional services procurements for compliance with applicable public contracting laws, rules and regulations, pursuant to section 10 of P.L.2007, c.52 (C.52:15C-10), shall be 10 business days or less if practicable, as determined by the State Comptroller.

b. The board may, to the extent necessary, waive or modify any other regulation, or for any bidder, any applicable requirement in chapters 25, 32, 34 of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes, that may interfere with the expeditious procurement of these services.

L.2021, c.200, s.3.

This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2021-10-04 11:00:32.

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