Section 65IAC2-1-12. Manner of giving notice

   (a) Whenever public notice is required by this rule, the notice shall be given in the manner prescribed by this section.

  (b) If the ultimate expenditure involved in a procurement is estimated by the director, or the director's designee, to exceed three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000), a notice shall be published at least once.

  (c) The director, or the director's designee, may provide for publication of additional notices, even if no publication is required by this subsection. Whenever publication of notice is required by this section, the notice shall be published at least in one (1) newspaper of general circulation in Marion County, Indiana. If any of the services or supplies being procured are for a specific use located outside Marion County, Indiana, the notice may also be published in one (1) or more newspapers of general circulation in the area in which the services or supplies are to be used. The director, or the director's designee, may designate additional newspapers for the publication of notice according to the nature of the procurement.

  (d) The director, or the director's designee, may send notices, invitations to bid, requests to bid, requests for offers, or requests for proposals to prospective bidders or offerors known to the director, or the director's designee, to be reasonably disposed to bid on a procurement. However, failure to give notice to a particular bidder or offeror does not invalidate a procurement under this rule.

  (e) In lieu of publication of notice as otherwise provided in this rule, the director, or the director's designee, may post any notice on the website of the commission in the event the director determines such would not be contrary to the best interests of the commission. (State Lottery Commission; 65 IAC 2-1-12; emergency rule filed Jul 20, 1989, 4:10 p.m.: 12 IR 2295; emergency rule filed Dec 9, 1996, 4:00 p.m.: 20 IR 965; readopted filed Nov 30, 2001, 11:02 a.m.: 25 IR 1268; emergency rule filed Jul 26, 2007, 11:03 a.m.: 20070808-IR-065070473ERA; readopted filed Nov 14, 2007, 3:02 p.m.: 20071212-IR-065070656RFA; emergency rule filed Feb 11, 2011, 2:41 p.m.: 20110216-IR-065110082ERA; emergency rule filed Jun 28, 2013, 1:13 p.m.: 20130710-IR-065130297ERA)