Welcome to the Office of Contractual Review Website

Susan H. Smith, Director

• Executive Order BJ 2008-30 (updated 08/07/08)
• Guidelines (updated 08/07/08) 
• Cooperative Endeavor Format For Line Item Appropriations (updated 08/07/08) 

• Louisiana Emergency Procurement Guide - The Division of Administration's guidebook with helpful information on emergency procurements  (updated 8/29/08) 
•  55 BJ 2008 – Limited Extension of State of Emergency – Hurricane Katrina (updated 09/10/08) 

New Information - Hurricane Gustav

• 51 BJ 2008 – State of Emergency – Hurricane Gustav (updated 08/28/08) 
• BJ 08-77 Emergency Procedures for Conducting State Business (updated 09/08/08)

Hudson Initiative - Louisiana's Small Entrepreneurship Program

• Louisiana's Small Entrepreneurship (Hudson Initiative) Program 
• Consultants click here for certification requirements (updated 05/26/06)
• Click here for rules (updated 03/20/08)
• BJ 08-66 Executive Order on The Hudson Initiative (updated 09/16/08)

 

The Office of Contractual Review (OCR) is a section within the Division of Administration, charged by law with adopting rules and regulations for the procurement, management, control and disposition of all professional, personal, consulting, and social services contracts required by state agencies. The Office of Contractual Review decides all matters of policy relative to professional, personal, consulting, and social services contracts.

The contracts received at OCR are reviewed to ensure that

The review process also ensures that a central record of all such agreements is maintained and that comparative statistics in the number and kinds of services needed can be developed for planning and reporting purposes.

The Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 39:1481-1526 directly addresses the laws governing Professional, Personal, Consulting, and Social Services Contracts. The official rules and regulations of the Office of Contractual Review appear in Title 34, Part V of the Louisiana Administrative Code.