A. By July 1, 2020, the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall initiate a request for proposal for the ongoing maintenance of desktop support and management systems for all state agencies. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services is authorized to enter into a contract for such services, pursuant to the provisions of law.

B. Notice of the request for proposal shall be published in the manner provided for competitive bidding. The requests for proposal must solicit quotations and must specify the importance of guaranteed savings, price, quality, technical ability and experience. The contract shall be awarded to the responsible offeror whose proposal is determined to achieve guaranteed savings to this state in comparison with the cost of current desktop support and management as provided by the Information Services Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

C. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall promulgate rules and establish procedures to implement the request for proposal pursuant to this section.