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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session
task order contracts; website; posting
Purpose
Requires a municipality, county, school district or a state governmental unit that enters into a task order contract with a contractor to conspicuously post the contract on the entity's website.
Background
A state government contract must be awarded by competitive sealed bidding. Invitations for bids must be issued and include a purchase description and all contractual terms and conditions applicable to the procurement. Adequate notice of the invitation for bids must be given a reasonable amount of time before the opening date of the bids and may be published in a newspaper of general circulation or electronically on a designated website (A.R.S. § 41-2533).
Political subdivisions of the state, including a municipality, county and
certain special taxing districts (agents) must publish written notice of intent
to receive, accept and approve bids and contracts for various projects in
qualified newspapers of general circulation within the county in which the
agent is located. Statute prescribes the manner, frequency and time period in
which an agent must publish the notice and allows notices to be provided by
electronic means (A.R.S.
§§ 11-255; 34-101;
and 34-201).
The state maintains an official electronic procurement system authorized by the State Procurement Officer (eProcurement System). Procurement files for state contracts may be located in the eProcurement System, the Office of the Director of the Arizona Department of Administration or at a public procurement unit (A.A.C. R2-7-101).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Requires a municipality, county, school district or a state governmental unit that enters into a task order contract with a contractor in Arizona to conspicuously post the contract on the entity's website.
2. Allows a contractor to redact any personal or proprietary information from the contract before the contract is posted on the entity's website.
3. Prohibits the following information from being redacted:
a) the total dollar amount of the contract;
b) the identity of the contractor;
c) a description of the services that will be performed under the contract; and
d) the length of the contract.
4. Defines task order contract as an indefinite delivery or indefinite quantity contract for supplies or services that provides for the issuance of a task order for services or supplies during the contractual period.
5. Designates this legislation as the Government Transparency Act.
6. Becomes effective on the general effective date
House Action
GOV 2/19/26 W/D
APPROP 2/23/26 DP 11-4-2-1
3rd Read 3/9/26 32-20-7-0-1
Prepared by Senate Research
March 20, 2026
AN/ci