OBJECTIVE

1.4.1.6 OBJECTIVE: Subsection C of Section 13-1-29 NMSA 1978 states that, the purposes of the Procurement Code are to provide for the fair and equal treatment of all persons involved in public procurement, to maximize the purchasing value of public funds and to provide safeguards for maintaining a procurement system of quality and integrity. The objective of this rule is to have the force and effect of law to implement, interpret or make statute specific as it applies to the Procurement Code, Sections 13-1-28 through 13-1-199 NMSA 1978 and the purposes stated therein. [1.4.1.6 NMAC - Rp, 1.4.1.6 NMAC, 6/21/2022]