1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; requiring the commissioner of the Office of Higher 
1.3 	Education to enter into a contract if an information technology project exceeds a 
1.4 	certain cost threshold;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
1.5 	136A.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [136A.071] CONTRACT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN INFORMATION 
1.8 	TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS.
1.9 	The commissioner must enter into a contract with one or more vendors for the 
1.10 	development and completion of an information and telecommunications technology project 
1.11 	if the total expected cost is more than $1,000,000. The contract must be solicited, awarded, 
1.12 	and executed according to the requirements of chapter 16C. Notwithstanding section 16C.08, 
1.13 	subdivision 2, a competitive proposal process must be used for professional and technical 
1.14 	services related to a project subject to this section, regardless of whether a current state 
1.15 	agency employee is able and available to perform the services called for by the contract. 
1.16 	The state chief information officer may submit a proposal in response to a solicitation 
1.17 	required by this section.