Kentucky Revised Statutes Title VI. Financial Administration § 45A.035.Secretary to promulgate regulations

(a) Conditions and procedures for delegations of purchasing authority;

(b) Prequalification, suspension, debarment, and reinstatement of prospective bidders;

(c) Small purchase procedures;

(d) Conditions and procedures for the purchase of items for resale;

(e) Conditions and procedures for the purchase of agricultural products in accordance with KRS 45A.645;

(f) Conditions and procedures for the use of source selection methods authorized by this code, including emergency purchases;

(g) Opening and rejection of bids or offers, consideration of alternate bids, and waiver of informalities in offers;

(h) Confidentiality of technical data and trade secrets information submitted by actual or prospective bidders or offerors;

(i) Partial, progressive, and multiple awards;

(j) Supervision of storerooms and inventories, including determination of appropriate stock levels and the management, transfer, sale, or other disposal of state-owned property;

(k) Definitions and classes of contractual services and procedures for acquiring them;

(l) An appeals process to resolve disputes arising from specifications requiring items deemed to be equivalent or a sole brand as specified in KRS 45A.170; and

(m) Use of reverse auctions as defined in KRS 45A.070.

The secretary may promulgate other administrative regulations as deemed advisable to carry out the purposes of this code.