201—37.7 (904) Procurement of goods and services. The provisions of 11—Chapter 105 are hereby adopted by reference with the following amendments.
	      1. 	  Strike “Department of Administrative Services” and insert in lieu thereof “Iowa State Industries” in all rules except rule 11—105.10(8A), which pertains to procurement of information technology devices and services.
	      2. 	  In lieu of the definitions of “Department” and “Director,” insert the following:
“Department” means the division of Iowa state industries.
“Director” means the director of the division of Iowa state industries or the director’s designee.
	      3. 	  Rules 11—105.6(8A), 11—105.13(8A), and 11—105.15(8A) are not adopted.
	      4. 	  In lieu of the text of subrule 105.14(1), insert the following: “Purchase of goods. An agency may acquire goods not otherwise available through a master agreement in accordance with the procurement threshold guidelines in 11—105.3(8A)”.
	      5. 	  In lieu of the text of rule 11—105.20(8A), insert the following: “Appeal process. Vendors may appeal actions by Iowa state industries under these rules as follows:
“Step 1. Appeals shall be filed in writing to the Business Manager, Iowa State Industries, 406 North High Street, Anamosa, Iowa 52205, within five working days of notification of the action being appealed.
“Step 2. If the appeal is not resolved, it may be further appealed to the Director of Iowa State Industries, Jessie Parker State Office Bldg., 510 East 12th Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50319, within ten working days of the notification of the Step 1 appeal response.
“Step 3. An unresolved appeal to the Director of Iowa State Industries shall be referred to the Director of the Department of Corrections, Jessie Parker State Office Bldg., 510 East 12th Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50319, within ten working days of the notification of the Step 2 appeal response.”
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 904.813.
[ARC 2100C, IAB 8/19/15, effective 8/12/15]