§1569. Reports of procurement actions related to professional, personal, consulting, and
social services contracts
A. A written report shall be compiled annually, within one hundred twenty days after
the close of the fiscal year, of contracts made under R.S. 39:1617, 1620, and 1621 during that
preceding fiscal year. The report shall (1) name each contract; (2) state the amount and type
of each contract; (3) describe the services purchased by each contract, and (4) include, as
attachments, copies of all determinations and findings required to be made by provisions of
this Part and implementing rules and regulations.
B.(1) A central file or listing of all architects, engineers, clerk of the works,
attorneys, including bond attorneys or counsel, and public relations persons or firms
employed or retained by each state agency, board, commission, or department, including
nonbudget units shall be compiled and updated annually, within one hundred twenty days
after the close of the fiscal year, of contracts made during that preceding year. Each such list
shall be kept separately by profession and shall contain information relative to such
employment or retention, including a detailed description of the nature of services rendered
to the agency, the extent and duration of such services, the amount of the fee or other
compensation paid in return for such services, and any other information deemed pertinent
by the commissioner of the division of administration.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Chapter, each state agency, board,
commission, or department, including nonbudget units, shall forward on an annual basis on
forms to be supplied by the office of state procurement, a report containing the data and
information on all professional services retained or employed which are required to be listed
in a central listing as provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.
C. The reports required by this Section shall be retained as public records.
Added by Acts 1978, No. 772, §1; Acts 1989, No. 836, §1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts
2014, No. 864, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.