E Modifying certain provisions relating to state procurement; requiring the commissioner of administration to make efforts to avoid, mitigate or neutralize organizational conflicts of interest with vendors, defining organizational conflicts of interest, specifying authorized methods and authorizing rules; exempting work orders from the signature requirement for validity purposes; increasing the limit on goods or services exempt from the formal bid solicitation process; modifying the classification of data submitted in response to requests for bids or proposals; expanding the authority to prepay federal contracts to all state agencies; increasing the limit on public contracts exempt from the performance bond requirement (ra, ja)