The director shall, from time to time, adopt and print specifications and rules covering all matters relating to printing that are the subject of contracts. The specifications and rules shall contain, among other things, the following:
1. Provisions for the grouping of the work to be done or material furnished, so far as the same can be made the subject of general contracts, into classes according to the character or use thereof, or with relation to the department for which intended, or in any manner most convenient for securing bids and entering into contracts. All or any part of the printing needed for any department, board, or commission may be placed in a class by itself.
2. Estimates of the probable amount of work to be done, or material to be purchased, under each class or item, during the period of the proposed contracts.
3. Provisions for furnishing and keeping on file samples of work or stock, and other things necessary to assure compliance with the contracts.
4. Fixed standards for books and booklets, and for other printing so far as practicable, and for stock and material.
5. A schedule of maximum rates or prices, so far as the same can be made applicable, with provision that bids not within the maximum (each class being computed as a unit), may be rejected.
6. Details as to the delivery of stock to the state and placing the same in possession of contractors, and for delivery of the finished product and for a complete accounting for stock and reasonable allowance for waste where it is unavoidable.
7. A rule as to part payment for work in process of completion, or material in process of delivery, in proportion to the part completed or delivered.
8. General regulations necessary to assure prompt and satisfactory compliance with the proposed contracts, the submission of samples, the delivery of the product (which may be at the expense of the state), the preparation and filing of bills, and such general matters as will assure to the state the utmost economy and efficiency.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 187; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 15.10; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 18.31]
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