(b) Each procurement negotiating committee shall be composed of: (1) The director of purchases, or a person designated by the director; (2) the chief administrative officer of the state agency desiring to make the procurement, or a person designated by the officer; and (3) the secretary of administration, or a person designated by the secretary or, if a procurement involves information technology or services, the executive chief information technology officer or a person designated by the executive chief information technology officer.

75-3738. Powers and duties of the director of purchases. The director of purchases shall:
(a) Purchase, rent or otherwise provide for the furnishing of supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services for all state agencies.
(b) Have power to authorize any state agency to purchase directly certain specified supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services under prescribed conditions and procedures.
(c) Prescribe the manner in which supplies, materials and equipment shall be purchased, delivered and distributed.
(d) Prescribe the time, manner and authentication of making requisitions for supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services.
(e) Establish standards of quality and quantity and develop standard specifications in consultation with the several state agencies.
(f) Prescribe the manner of making chemical and physical tests of samples submitted with bids and samples of deliveries to determine compliance with specifications and the manner in which state agencies shall inspect all deliveries of supplies, materials and equipment.
(g) Prescribe the amounts and form of, accounting for and disposition of any deposit or bond required to be submitted with a bid or a contract and the amount of any such deposit or bond to be given for the faithful performance of a contract.

(b) (1) If the amount of the purchase is estimated to exceed $50,000, sealed bids shall be solicited by notice published once in the Kansas register not less than 10 days before the date stated in the notice for the opening of the bids. The director of purchases may waive this publication of notice requirement when the director determines that a more timely procurement is in the best interest of the state. The director of purchases also may designate a trade journal for the publication. The director of purchases also shall solicit such bids by sending notices by mail to prospective bidders and by posting the notice on a public bulletin board for at least 10 business days before the date stated in the notice for the opening of the bids unless otherwise provided by law.
(c) All purchases estimated to exceed approximately $25,000 but not more than $50,000, shall be made after receipt of sealed bids following at least three days’ notice posted on a public bulletin board.

(a) Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 75-3317 through 75-3322, and amendments thereto, the director of purchases shall have power to utilize the reverse auctioning electronic procurement process for the purchase of selected goods or materials for one or more state agencies in accordance with this section. The director of purchases shall adopt policies and procedures for such reverse auctioning electronic procurements process in accordance with and subject to the provisions of this section.
(b) The provisions of K.S.A. 75-430, and amendments thereto, relating to advertisements in the Kansas register and the provisions of K.S.A. 75-3739 et seq., and amendments thereto, regarding procedures for sealed bidding and the opening of bids shall not apply to bids or purchases conducted under the reverse auctioning electronic procurement process in accordance with this section.
All bids submitted under the reverse auctioning electronic procurement process in accordance with this section shall be subject to the open records act.
(c) Reverse auctioning shall not be used for the acquisition of any services for construction projects or for the acquisition of any other services.
(d) As used in this section, “reverse auctioning” means a procurement process following procedures approved by the director of purchases where bidders are invited to bid on specific goods through real-time electronic bidding, with the award being made to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder; during the bidding process, bidders’ prices are revealed and bidders shall have the opportunity to modify their bid prices for the duration of the time period established for the bid opening.