Contracts Exempt From Civil Service Approval

 

Listed below are the types of contracts which have been exempted from Civil Service approval, through either General Circular No. 769 or subsequent correspondence, the date of which is indicated. For the full text of the correspondence, please contact the Office of Civil Service.

Updated: 5/3/2005

FOR ALL AGENCIES

  • 1.   Training contracts and workshops for a period of thirty days or less.
  • 2.   Medical contracts for amounts not exceeding $30,000 for physicians, psychiatrists,       psychologists, dentists, veterinarians, occupational therapists and physical therapists.
  • 3.   Legal and claims investigation contracts with the Office of Risk Management.
  • 4.   JTPA contracts
  • 5.   Actuaries
  • 6.   Architects
  • 7.   Entertainers
  • 8.   Guest lecturers
  • 9.   Expert witnesses
  • 10. Services needed during a crisis situation such as loss of accreditation of a state hospital;        imminent loss of life and certain hazardous environment situations.
  • 11. Services performed by an independent contractor with no employer-employee relationship        for work of limited duration (6 months or less) with a specific end date at which time the        contractor delivers an end product, leaves the premises, and does not return.
  • 12. Custodial or security guard services for a leased building or office space provided the        contract will not cause need for a layoff.
  • 13. Transcription services for an agency conducting hearings upon which hearing officers must        depend in order to review cases and issue opinions.
  • 14. Any contract with a maximum amount payable of not more than $20,000 for the fiscal year.
  • 15. Contract amendments except those that raise the cost of the contract.
  • 16. Supervising teachers and principals at universities.
  • 17. Legal contracts from universities.
  • 18. Education consultants and research contracts from the Board of Regents.
  • 19. Interagency agreements involving only fund transfers.
  • 20. Performance based energy efficiency contracts 12/07/93
  • 21. Underwriter contracts for bond issuance 8/26/96
  • 22. Information technology Consulting and Support Services Contracts (CSSC) entered into        through the Consulting and Support Services Agreement (CSSA), except when contract        would or could result in the replacement of one or more classified employees. (If the        contract agreement would or could result in the replacement of classified employees, the       Contract Review Questionnaire must be completed and submitted to the Director of State       Civil Service, along with the proposed contract.) 2/17/03
  • 23. Incumbent Worker Training Program contracts to provide job skills training for employees of        Louisiana -- based companies.

DHH/DSS

  • 1.   Transportation for individuals to health and social resources to conduct necessary        household business. 11/29/88
  • 2.   Day care for children. 11/29/88
  • 3.   Out-of-home and in-home respite care. 11/29/88
  • 4.   Supervised apartment living services. 11/29/88 Supported Living 3/25/94
  • 5.   Adult day services (adult habilitation). 11/29/88 (infant habilitation) 1/25/89
  • 6.   Low-income home energy assistance program. 10/18/88
  • 7.   Weatherization assistance program for low-income people. 10/18/88
  • 8.   Gary W. Classmember contracts - a) independent living services, b) tutorial services, c)        speech and occupational therapy, d) basic habilitation services, e) supported work        programs, f) residential/supervised apartment living, g) any other home and/or        individualized care. 8/12/88
  • 9.   Training for foster parents. 8/12/88
  • 10. Emergency physicians coverage at Charity Hospitals. 8/12/88
  • 11. Annual campaign to vaccinate dogs and cats against rabies through the Office of Public        Health. 8/12/88
  • 12. In-home (homemaker) care for disabled adults and families in crisis situations. 8/12/88
  • 13. Substitute foster care for children. 8/12/88 Substitute family care and family support 9/19/91
  • 14. Sign language interpreter services for the deaf in situations authorized by the Office of        Community Services. Also, to provide sign language classes in local communities. 8/12/88
  • 16. Independent living services. DSS only 7/02/90
  • 17. Training contracts for staff training on foster care and child abuse. DSS only. 7/02/90
  • 18. In-home therapy to suspected child abuse parents. DSS only. 7/02/90
  • 19. Refugee services includes English language training, skills training, social adjustment, etc.        DSS only. 7/02/90
  • 20. Doctors who assist claims processing personnel with the interpretation of medical        information and the adjudication of disability applications in the Office of Eligibility        Determinations/Disability Determination Section. 8/8/90
  • 21. Distribution of Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf (TDD) and needed training for        these by the Louisiana Rehabilitation Services Section. 8/8/90
  • 22. Dual-party telephone relay 24 hours a day, 7 days per week which is utilized by the        Louisiana Rehabilitation Services. This service provides relay from a Telecommunications        Device for the Deaf to and/or from a deaf person via telephone. 8/8/90
  • 23. Education services, including transportation, under Project Independence Program,        provided contractor is a recognized educational institution. 11/8/90
  • 24. Health care professionals in the Louisiana State Loan Repayment Program 6/21/91
  • 25. For the Office of Mental Health: (6/10/99)
    1. Physician (M.D.) services at $75,000 a year or less.
    2. Part-time chaplains.
    3. Part-time pharmacists.
    4. Psychiatric M.D. services.
    5. Part-time speech therapists.
    6. Part-time physical therapists.
    7. Supported living services.
    8. Drop-In Center services - administering it, fiscal services, getting consumer volunteers,     etc.
    9. Contracts for a variety of medical services provided by accredited universities.
    10. M.D. services provided by the staffs of medical centers and hospitals, regardless of        cost.
    11. "Wrap-around" services/interventions such as household maintenance, transportation,         health and money management, community integration, etc.
    12. In-home crisis intervention services.
    13. To meet the initial, temporary, or emergency needs of the seriously mentally ill to        enable them to continue living in communities.
    14. Project LIFE support services, which are intensive support services within the        community for adults with serious and persistent mental illness in the various DHH        regions.
    15. Funding to maintain and secure housing for the mentally ill.
    16. Compeer coordination and for the recruitment and training of Compeers.
    17. Respite services for families of the mentally ill.
    18. Family support sessions for anger resolution.
    19. Services to prevent out-of-home placement and to avoid hospitalization of the mentally        ill so that they can remain in the community.
    20. To provide off-duty police officers to assist with the seriously mentally ill adults and        youth who become hostile or violent.
  • 26. For the Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse: (6/10/99)
    1. Participation in activities of the SYNAR initiative program to reduce the sale of tobacco to     minors.
    2. To operate the 24-hour toll-free telephone service to aid compulsive gamblers.
    3. To provide alcohol, tobacco, and drug abuse prevention/education activities for youth,      including developing and training mentors for children.
    4. To provide short-term intensive crisis intervention services and/or after hours, weekend and      holiday crisis services.
    5. To provide residential treatment for compulsive gamblers.
    6. To provide a community-based alcohol, tobacco, and drug abuse program which includes      dissemination of information and/or substance abuse prevention education.
    7. To provide HIV counseling/testing phlebotomy services in outpatient facilities.
    8. Contracts funded by money attained by working with drug courts to provide outpatient      treatment services and vocational rehabilitation for nonviolent offenders or to juveniles and      their families.
    9. To implement the "Social Bonding Model" of drug prevention with children.
    10. To provide residential inpatient alcohol and drug abuse treatment programs.
    11. To provide rental payment for those addicted to alcohol and drugs.
    12. To provide community-based half-way house rehabilitation programs, including room and        board, for recovering substance abusers.
    13. To provide outpatient treatment for compulsive gamblers.
    14. To provide curricula and/or provide training for substance abuse professionals, substance        abusers and/or their families, and the community/public.
    15. To provide substance abuse treatment and testing services for inmates of parish and state        prisons.
    16. To assist established state alcohol and drug abuse centers by providing certain tests for        drugs or any tests as ordered by a physician.
    17. To provide interpreters for deaf clients of the Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse.
    18. To provide detoxification treatment services and social detoxification services.
    19. To provide residential supervised independent living programs for substance abusers.
    20. To provide intensive and non-intensive outpatient counseling to youth and/or clients        suffering effects of drug abuse.
    21. To provide medical professionals for medical detoxification.
    22. To provide employment preparation classes and workshops.
    23. To provide summer camp and/or after school day care tutoring and/or organized recreation        for children and youth.
    24. To provide 24-hour on-call licensed clinicians during after hours, weekends, and holidays.
    25. To provide or administer a drop-in referral drug prevention center.
    26. To provide outpatient Methadone maintenance and detoxification services for narcotic        addicts.
  • 27. For the Office of Citizens with Developmental Disabilities: 6/10/99
    1. Physician (M.D.) services at $75,000 a year or less.
    2. Provide someone to sit in the hospital on an as-needed basis when a resident of a     developmental center is hospitalized.
    3. Provide speech, hearing and language services to the residents of developmental     centers and to the residents of the community homes operated by developmental     centers.
    4. Provide personal care attendant services for individuals in order to assist their families     in caring for them in the family homes.
    5. Provide personal support coordination to assist persons with developmental     disabilities and their families in building their capacity to make informed choices about     supports they need and prefer and to access these supports.
    6. For the project "Home of My Own" to demonstrate best practices in assisting persons     with developmental disabilities in becoming home owners.
    7. Provide respite care services to persons with developmental disabilities.
    8. Provide for ongoing needs for those residing in supported living arrangements and/or     individualized needs of consumers to enhance community living.
    9. Provide prevocational and vocational training and services as required by Title XIX     and 42 CFR 483.430, Health Care Fin. Admin. - Interpretation Guidelines for     Intermediate Care for Persons with Mental Retardation.
    10. Provide therapeutic horseback riding to selected clients at developmental centers to        facilitate relaxation and improve muscle coordination.
    11. Provide a curator or continuing tutor for adults with developmental disabilities in        Louisiana who are in need of full or limited interdiction or continuing tutorship.
    12. To conduct the Louisiana Special Olympics Programs for persons with mental        retardation and developmental disabilities.
    13. To train state personnel in implementing principles of self-determination as a planning        tool for the delivery of services to persons with developmental disabilities.
    14. Provide coordination of donated dental services (educational, preventive, and        corrective) to MR/DD-eligible persons in OCDD Regions.
    15. Provide short-term, emergency needs and ongoing needs of persons with       developmental disabilities living in the community.
    16. Provide short-term on-site training and technical assistance to OCDD staff and        service providers across the state.
    17. Provide fiscal intermediary services for persons with developmental disabilities.
    18. Provide developmental centers with M.D. consultation and expertise in the area of        infectious disease control.
    19. For Ph.D.s or M.D.s to schedule and perform psychological evaluations/updates on        persons identified by OCDD Community Services or for clients in developmental        centers.
    20. Provide an array of support services, including information and referral, peer-to-peer        support, and sibling support groups to families of developmentally disabled persons.
    21. Provide continuation of a training curriculum that began in January, 1998 for a group of        Resident Trainers at Pinecrest Developmental Center.
    22. Provide services of licensed Physical Therapists at developmental centers.
    23. Provide EEG tech services to the client populations at developmental centers under        the general direction of the Medical Directors.
    24. Provide professional occupational therapy services to clients referred from        developmental centers.
    25. To serve as Job Coach for pre-vocational training and services involving persons with        disabilities.
    26. Provide part-time qualified dietician services at developmental centers.
    27. Provide qualified pharmacy consultation services including review and documentation        of monthly drug regimen and inservice training as needed at developental centers.
    28. Provide staff training through behavioral review committees as well as formal and        informal instructions at developmental centers.
    29. Provide mortality reviews comprised of several days each by joint        physician/registered nurse teams with written reports and recommendations for        developmental centers.
    30. Provide family-oriented, center-based or home-based services to infants.
    31. Provide respiratory therapy assessment and treatment services to developmental        center persons in need of these services.
    32. Provide comprehensive dental services to developmental center clients.
    33. Provide professional radiology services at the developmental centers.
    34. Provide child-oriented, facility-based/nursing home services; family-oriented,        center-based and home-based services; integrated and mainstreamed day care        services to infants, toddlers and their families.
    35. Provide 24-hour per day residential care services to developmentally disabled        persons.
    36. For an M.D. to provide neurological evaluation services for the clients residing in        developmental centers.
    37. Provide an M.D. to serve as Medical Director of a developmental center.
  • For the Office of Public Health: 6/10/99
    1. Physician (M.D.) services at $75,000 a year or less.
    2. Provide special supplemental foods to Women, Infants and Children (WIC Program) in     different parishes due to lack of space and staff at local health units.
    3. Provide STD (syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia) screening and treatment services for     inmates.
    4. Provide HIV prevention services. Also, professional services to administer the DHH-     OPH-HIV/AIDS Program and to plan and implement a statewide prevention program.
    5. Accredited colleges or universities to provide student interns for many OPH programs.
    6. Outpatient clinical services for children enrolled in Children's Special Health Services     and diagnostic tests on an outpatient basis to children with or suspected of having     cystic fibrosis.
    7. Provide sexually transmitted disease screening and treatment and HIV counseling and     testing services to patients and OPH patient referrals at Planned Parenthood of     Louisiana, Inc.
    8. Continue the operation of the La. Comprehensive Hemophilia Care Center to provide     specialized medical services to those with a genetic coagulation disorder.
    9. Provide technical training to OPH staff in nurse home visiting and assessment of     psychological issues for children from birth to five years.
    10. M.D. services provided by medical centers and hospitals, regardless of cost.
    11. Transfer and subsequent in-patient care of tuberculosis patients who fail to respond        to out-patient therapy.
    12. Oral surgery services and inpatient care relative to cleft palate and to provide the        dental and clerical staff to Children's Special Health Services.
    13. Provide comprehensive primary care and preventive health services to students        registered in school health centers at various elementary, middle and high schools        throughout the state.
    14. Provide home-based care services to eligible HIV-infected clients in the different        regions at a physician's order.
    15. Provide hospice services at home to eligible HIV-infected clients in the different        regions at a physician's order.
    16. Provide families of children who are receiving services through the various regional        Children's Special Health Services with information and support to parent children        with special needs and to foster positive attitudes.
    17. Provide Ryan White C.A.R.E. Act services to improve the quality, availability, and        organization of health care and support services for eligible persons and families        living with HIV infection.
    18. Provide community health outreach workers, clinic coordinators, and other support        services to health care centers in various elementary, middle and secondary schools        throughout the state.
    19. Recruit, train, schedule, and supervise crisis line volunteers; crisis line counseling;        thousands of hours of community education; and courtroom advocacy to sexual        assault survivors.
    20. Provide a sickle cell patient service system that includes regular operation of sickle        cell clinics at Tulane Medical Center, MCLNO and the LSU Medical Center at        Shreveport.
    21. Provide physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech and language pathology        services to children referred by and enrolled in OPH's Children's Special Health        Services.
    22. Provide for arrestees entering the East Baton Rouge Parish prison system STD        screening diagnosis, treatment, and condom education.
    23. Reduce the rate of child abuse in La. by promoting parenting education and support        through a toll-free HELP LINE which provides counseling and information and referral        to parents calling for assistance.
    24. Provide Sentinel Surveillance for Variant and Drug Resistance Strains (SSVRS        Study) of HIV.
    25. Provide general environmental epidemiological consulting services to the Section of        Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology (SEET).
    26. Provide physician recruitment efforts aimed at increasing the number of primary care        physicians serving indigent and medically under served populations.
    27. Establish a comprehensive lead surveillance system to determine the extent of lead        toxicity problem in each parish.
    28. Contracts to help assure safe drinking water, as follows: a) provide the Safe Drinking        Water Program with emergency response, toxicological information resources,        drinking water data management, and long-term data analysis and research; b) to        jointly implement the U.S. EPA's Composite Correction Program (CCP) for water        treatment plants throughout the state; c) to develop a source water assessment and        protection program to protect safe drinking water through the identification of        potential sources in the vicinity of public drinking water sources; d) to provide a circuit        rider to make on-site assistance visits to small water systems, training, reports and        end-of-year reports; e) to provide low interest loans to public water systems for        infrastructure upgrades to aid in complying with federal and state regulations on        drinking water activities.
    29. Part-time pharmacy services.
    30. Provide patient tracking services of sickle cell patients and supportive services such        as counseling affected families on sickle cell traits and performing follow-up on sickle        cell patients as directed by medical personnel.
  • For the Louisiana Rehabilitation Services (LRS):
    1. Interpreting and translating for persons who are deaf and/or blind. 06/18/99
    2. Provide instruction for the blind and visually impaired in technology to assist them in      employment. 06/18/99
    3. Provide impartial hearing officers to conduct fair hearings to resolve disputed issues      between the applicants/clients and LRS. 06/18/99
    4. To acquire and renovate buildings to expand rehabilitation and placement services      (including pre-vocational and transitional services). 06/18/99
    5. Provide a training and employment program for eligible LRS. 06/18/99
    6. Professional medical consulting services. 06/18/99 including psychologists. 07/08/99
    7. Personal assistance services (formerly known as personal care attendant services.      07/08/99
  • For the Office of Community Services (OCS):
    1.   Develop and implement a recruitment plan to recruit foster and adoptive families for the       children in DSS's care. 06/18/99
    2.   Provide preventive counseling services to families at risk for child abuse or neglect.       06/18/99
    3.   Provide trained volunteers to teach parenting skills to at-risk mothers who are still in the       hospital and are experiencing stress and/or difficulty coping. 06/18/99
    4.   Parent support programs and public education to prevent child abuse and neglect. These       educational campaigns are designed to teach individuals and communities about child       abuse and thier role in its prevention. 06/18/99
    5.   FINS - Provide a comprehensive family-systems approach to addressing social needs to       juvenile offenders and their families. Services provided by judges or courts. 06/18/99
    6.   Provide psychological services for children referred to OCS as suspected victims of child       abuse or neglect. 06/18/99
    7.   Provide a home visiting program to servie first-time mothers who are either pregnant or the       child is not over two weeks of age. 06/18/99
    8.   Provide training for the investigation and judicial aspects of child abuse and neglect.       06/18/99
  • For the Office of Family Services (OFS):
    1. Provide "Job Readiness" - Job search skills training, job interview techniques, and      resume preparation. 06/18/99
    2. Provide "Job Search" - Interviews with arranged potential employers, maintenance of      job pool, documentation of job searches, etc. 06/18/99
    3. Provide vocational education - Job-related remediation in areas such as reading, math      GED instruction, vocational training, etc. 06/18/99
    4. Provide job placement - Services required for employment. 06/18/99
    5. Provide "job retention" - Participants are assigned to a working supervisor to learn      basic work habits. 06/18/99
    6. Provide job skills - Develop specific marketable job skills (usually taught by teachers).      06/18/99
    7. Provide job development placement - Consists of any activity on behalf of participants      to develop jobs or discover jov openings and to market participants for these      openings. Activities to secure job interviews. 06/18/99
    8. Provide child care resources and referral services for the CHILD CARE program.     These are activities to inform people of available services, to provide educational      resources     and referrals to child care centers that serve children with special needs,      etc. 07/08/99
    9. Provide preganancy prevention services to a target population ranging in age from 11-     19 years to reduce the number of unwed mothers. This creates a school and     community-based program to present age appropriate educational material to parents     and caretakers. 06/18/99
    10. Provide child care staff training/career development for child care givers. 06/18/99
    11. Psychologists to perform psychological evaluations for Disability Determinations.        06/18/99
    12. Blood testing for all IV-D referrals.07/08/99
    13. Nutrition education to improve the health and quality of food stamp families. 06/18/99
    14. Provide a television training program (with LPB) to be viewed by child care       professionals to obtain credit toward a child care license. 06/18/99
    15. Provide pick-up from school and tutoring services for participants in the FIND WORK        program. 07/08/99
    16. Assist claims processing personnel with the interpretation of medical information and        the adjudication of disability applications. 06/18/99

ALL RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

  • 1. Independent auditing services by Certified Public Accountants. 8/2/88
  • 2. To serve as an investment counselor and/or manager and/or custodian; to make      recommendations and give investment advice with respect to the purchase or sale of      securities, and to meet monthly to review the investment assets. 8/2/88

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

  • 1. For teacher assessments and assessment training for the La Teacher Assessment Program      for New Teachers. 3/9/98
  • 2. Government contracts with parish school systems to provide at-risk 4 yr old children with full-      day preschool programs. 3/9/98
  • 3. Social services contracts with various churches and organizations to provide after-school      tutorial services. 3/9/98
  • 4. Contracts with Parish school boards and colleges/universities to operate Home Instruction      Program for Pre-School Youngsters (Hippy) 2/17/99
  • 5. Contracts with Parish school boards and colleges/universities to act a fiscal agents for      regional service center (RSC) 2/17/99
  • 6. Cooperative Endeavor Agreements for: 09/30/99

    1. New Orleans Drug Education Intervention Program that provides one-on-one      tutoring and homework instruction for students in basic skills, critical thinking,      and homework.

    2. New Orleans YMCA Literacy to help YMCA's Goodwill Industries acquire a better      understanding of the state of literacy in La., analyze local literacy conditions and      existing services.

    3. Serenity 67 Program to provide skills that enable clients to achieve a higher level      of self-sufficient independence and employability.

    4. Central City Adult Education Program to provide a basic education and GED      preparation program.

    5. North Baton Rouge Tutorial Program to purchase additional materials and      supplies and to upgrade computer software and hardware for the tutorial needs      of at-risk young people who may be able to receive tutorial services.

    6. 12th Ward Save Our Community - Milan Reading Center - To complement the      existing educational system, assist teachers, involve the community and      motivate students.

    7. Volunteer Instructors Teaching Adults "VITA" - To promote literacy in Lafayette      Parish and surrounding parishes by providing tutoring services free of charge to      undereducated adults.

    8. G. T. Services, Inc. - Provide services aimed at improving youth academic      success on standardized tests via ACT study sessions and tutoring.

    9. Governor's Program for Gifted Children - Six-week residential program for      talented/gifted students in grades 6-10.

    10. Spanish Arts Program - To provide classes in Spanish as a second language,        theater, broadcasting, voice, and dancing to community members in the greater        New Orleans Metropolitan area.

    11. CARE Unlimited, Inc. - Bridge Program - Provide continuing education to        teenagers who are at risk of disrupting or discontinuing their education to give        birth.

    12. Very Special Arts Program - Provide additional art programs.

    13. Lincoln Parish School Board Job Skills Program - Establish, build and operate        a public alternative school for at-risk youth known as the Lincoln Parish Career        Center Alternative School Program.

    14. Natchitoches Parish School Board Job Skills Program - To provide salaries        and benefits for two teachers and one paraprofessional at the Natchitoches        Alternative School. Remaining funds are used to buy supplies and equipment.

    15. Avoyelles Parish School Board Ag Science Regional Pilot Program - Startup        costs for the La. High School for Agricultural Science, a regional pilot program        for six school systems, for teacher training, books, supplies, curriculum        development and other expenses.

    16. LSU - La. State Youth Opportunities Unlimited (LSYOU) - To continue, update        and expand the services of the La. State Youth Opportunities Unlimited        Program with an emphasis on research, replication, update technology and        mentoring.

    17. Future's Foundation - Student referral program for students suspended from        Caddo Parish school system

    18. Tri-Communities, Inc. - Teachers/tutors and assistants to assist students in daily        review and completion of homework assignments and other activities.        Operated five days per week,including a summer enrichment program.

    19. TANF cooperative endeavors and social service contracts for after school        programs for at-risk students.

  • 7. INCLASS Assistance Program awarded for the LA Quality Education Support Fund - 8(g).     (7/6/2000)

LA SYSTEMIC INITIATIVES PROGRAM

  • 1. District Enhancement Grant Program 3/18/99
  • 2. LaSIP Rural Systemic Initiatives Professional Development contracts with conditions: (4/4/96     & 5/22/98)
    • 1) services to be delivered remain the same (e.g. conduct training sessions to improve teachers' ability to teach math, science, english language arts and social studies)
    • 2) Department must submit annually to Civil Service the compilation sheet listing the individual contractors (institutions) and the funding information for each.
  • 3. Grants for the Regional Partnership Initiative for the purpose of coordinating the efforts and      resources of education and community stakeholders at the regional and district levels in      order to facilitate math, science and technology education reform. Funded by the National      Science Foundation. 09/29/99

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

  • 1. To provide production skills training to local citizens as part of an inducement to a      manufacturer to locate or expand its facilities in the state. 8/12/88
  • 2. To provide counsel, develop shooting schedules and to collaborate in the production of a      training video program for local citizens. 8/12/88
  • 4. With lead contractor chosen by each Louisiana Regional Economic Development Alliance,      provided:(12/27/91)
    • a. Reports supplied on all contracts and subcontracts;
    • b. Contract or subcontract with single contractor of $75,000 or more must be submitted for     Civil Service approval; and
    • c. Reports of all LREDA's supplied each fiscal year.
  • 5. Cooperative Endeavor Agreements for: (01/05/98)
    • 1) Economic Development Award Agreements: Financing publicly-owned infrastructures      for industrial or business development projects that promote economic development.
    • 2) Workforce Development and Training Agreements: Develop and provide customized      workforce training programs to existing and prospective Louisiana businesses.
    • 3) Agreements which are appropriation specific and for which funds are used for the      following: a) infrastructure, b) sporting events - funds to assist in the cost of sporting      events and promotion of LA, c) operational costs for non-profit organizations and/or      economic development organizations, d) economic development organizations (non-      profit) that provide specific economic development assistance in the expansion of      existing businesses or creation of new businesses or in technology based initiatives.
    • 4) Miscellaneous agreements: Joint endeavors for hosting and/or participating in      receptions, conferences, and trade shows.

LABOR

  • 1. Community Services Block Grant (CSBG). Any CSBG contract or subgrant involving      positions other than those normally utilized, should be submitted for review. 10/7/92
  • 2. Recording and transcribing of Worker's Compensation hearings 2/15/99
  • 3. Parish Sheriff's Departments for uniformed, armed, commissioned deputies to furnish bailiff      services for Worker's Compensation Courts 2/15/99
  • 4. Legal contracts to a) collect delinquent taxes owed as employer taxes by employers, b)      collect employer taxes from employers who have filed bankruptcy 2/15/99

PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS

  • 1. To provide veterinary services on a part-time, as-needed basis. 8/12/88
  • 2. Only the contracts that provide social services/professional services through corporations      (Individual contracts must still be submitted to Civil Service.) 8/19/92
  • 3. Provide medical services by M.D.'s to inmate populations at the prisons to include      orthopedists, gynecologists, radiologists, internists, psychiatrists, neurologists,      opthamologists, to perform autopsies on inmates, etc. (must be licensed M.D.) 6/11/99
  • 4. Provide psychological testing/services at the prisons. All of these contractors are either      psychologists or psychiatrists. 6/11/99
  • 5. Provide parenting skills, educational/training services (e.g., living skills) to male and female      juveniles. 6/11/99
  • 6. Provide chaplaincy services to prisons. 6/11/99
  • 7. Provide pharmaceutical services to the prisons. 6/11/99
  • 8. Provide x-ray technicians for inmates. 6/11/99
  • 9. Provide a comprehensive program of care and treatment of each juvenile referred to group      homes by the Department of Corrections. 6/11/99
  • 10. Provide medical laboratory services for the inmate populations. 6/11/99
  • 11. Provide veterinary services for the entire livestock operations at the prisons. 6/11/99
  • 12. Provide architect services to Prison Enterprises. 6/11/99
  • 13. Provide physician services to LSP to develop and implement training programs for EMT      personnel. 6/11/99
  • 14. Provide services of practitioners of physical therapy to inmates. 6/11/99
  • 15. Provide a structured behavioral treatment program which services juveniles who have been       adjudicated delinquent or in need of services in a professionally staffed residential       environment (group homes) twenty-four hours per day. 6/11/99
  • 16. Provide pre-release/aftercare program for alcohol and drug treatment for the Department of      Corrections. 6/11/99
  • 17. Provide halfway house beds to inmates released for the Residential Substance Abuse       Treatment Program at Hunt Correctional Center. 6/11/99
  • 18. Provide optometrist services to inmates. 6/11/99
  • 19. Provide dental treatment and oral surgery to inmates. 6/11/99
  • 20. Provide deaf interpreters (sign language). 6/11/99
  • 21. Forestry consultants for timber management for the trees on prison grounds (regarding sale       of timber, its replanting, etc.). 6/11/99

STATE EMPLOYEES GROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM

  • 1. Entities providing health care for plan members. 6/08/92

OFFICE OF ELDERLY AFFAIRS

  • 1. All contracts with area agencies on Aging for Older Americans Act Title III services 1/30/93
  • 2. All contracts with service providers for state matching funds for state mathich funds for      ACTION programs 1/30/93
  • 3. Contracts for Councils on Aging for social services block grant funds. Title XX-Transportation      1/30/93
  • 4. Contracts for USDA Cash in Lieu of Commodities 1/30/93
  • 5. Title V Senior Community Service Employment Program 6/25/03
  • 6. Contracts for Ombudsman Services 8/28/06
  • 7. Contracts for Elderly Protective Services 8/28/06

DEQ

  • 1. Cooperative Endeavor agreements with local and federal entities 3/16/99
  • 2. Contracts with local parishes for tire remediation program 2/15/99
  • 3. Contracts or interagency agreements with colleges/universities for research programs      2/15/99

DNR

  • 1. Coastal Wetlands Planning and Protection Act (CWPPRA) cost share agreements with      federal agencies 2/22/99
  • 2. Contracts/Interagency agreements with colleges/universities for research projects 2/15/99
  • 3. Construction projects with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2/15/99
  • 4. Contracts with Parish government, police juries, and councils for Parish coastal wetlands      restoration programs and local coastal program development and implementation 2/15/99

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

  • 1. CDBG contracts funded by federal grants from HUD with LA local governments: a) To      conduct local environmental studies required to release HUD grant funds; b) For community      development plans for local areas as a condition of HUD funding 2/17/99
  • 2. DOA
        Facility Planning
        Design professionals engaged in connection with designated capital outlay projects 7/27/79
        Site inspection services at state-owned buildings 2/17/99
  • 3. GOVERNOR'S SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES PROGRAM -      Subgrants that provide flow-through funding from the federal government through the       program to local entities for 1) community drug and violence prevention programs and      activities, and 2) law enforcement education partnerships. 12/02/99

  • 4. GOVERNOR'S PROGRAM ON ABSTINENCE:

    1. Community-based project contracts with local schools, churches and     governmental entities to design, coordiante and implement the abstinence     message to reduce out-of-wedlock births and sexually transmitted diseases.     03/27/00

    2. Grassroots campaign contracts with churches and minitries to bring the     abstinence message to all La. parishes. 03/27/00

    3. Contract with a college to promote the abstinence message. 03/27/00

    4. Pilot contract with a La. parish under 25,000 residents to promote abstinence.     03/27/00

    5. Clearinghouse center contract whose main purpose is to maintain an internet     website to promote abstinence throughout La. 03/27/00

    6. Professional service contracts to raise public awareness of absinence through     networking within the religious and medical communities and high schools and     college athletes throughout the state. 03/27/00

  • 5. DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AFFAIRS

    1. Contracts with non-profit organizations 2. Planning Consultants 3. Private     Consultants for Headstart Program and for specialized services requrested from     Community Action Agencies. 9/17/80

COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES

  • ALL COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES:
    1. Faculty members leading trips or doing research projects 9/11/92
    2. Continuing education workshops 9/9/92
    3. Medical/radiological contracts for care of students 2/23/99
    4. Interagency agreements/contracts with other universities for research projects 2/23/99
    5. Subcontracts/subgrants using federal funds to conduct research projects 2/23/99
    6. Professional design/engineering services for building/construction efforts 2/23/99
    7. Radio/TV broadcasters for university sports 2/23/99
    8. Instructors for various classes in Continuing Education Program, revenues generated by     registration fees 2/23/99
    9. Banking services for colleges and universities.
  • LSU MEDICAL CENTER:
    1. Physicians, and psychiatrists, regardless of cost for both medical centers in New Orleans      and Shreveport. 7/23/92 including health care services division. 9/4/97
    2. Federal research subgrants. 11/8/85
  • PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER:
    1. Sub-awards from federal contracts when another university is chosen as subgrantee 6/11/98
  • LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY:
    1) Federal research subgrants. 6/16/97 2) Specialized training and technical expertise for LSU Fire & Emergency Training Institute, 
    3) Research subgrants for private, state and federal grants, such as those funded by the      Louisiana Transportation Research Center and the Louisiana Oil Spill Research Center or      to support adaptive management of Coastal Restoration, 
    4) Services of licensing agents for subsidiary rights to books published by the LSU Press, 
    5) Services to provide educational assessment testing to help identify LSU student-athletes     with learning disabilities, 
    6) Services to provide graphic designers and post production editing services, 
    7) Services for the fiber and network design for the Louisiana Optical Network (LONI), 
    8) Services to operate the telephone crisis interventions/suicide intervention services for      students, 
    9) Services to provide fitness services to assess and improve the wellness and physical      readiness of the Louisiana Firefighters, 
    10) Services for the Truancy Assessment Service Centers primarily funded by Temporary      Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). 10/19/2005
    11) Nadine Carter Russell Endowed Chair in Art and Design 
    12) Services of instructors or companies that provide specialized training and technical expertise for courses provided by the National Center for Biological Research Training;
    13) Consultation and proposal writing services in conjunction with departments seeking state, local, or federal grants;
    14) Services of coaches and their companies to provide services in producing and providing radio, television, and internet programs, and other activities that promote the University Athletic Department
  • LSU AGRICULTUAL CENTER INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
    Cooperative Agreement which names the person who is to perform the scope of services and supplies the funds for the work to be done. The work is always at a professional level and would not be performed by classified employees. Typical examples of work are as follows:
    1. Provide expert advice to Business Development Services organizations receiving     USAID funding to initiate implementation activities.
    2. Provide technical support for interagency research programs.
    3. Provide overall technical coordination of activities under the Food Crops component of     the ATUT project in Egypt
  • BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE:
    Real time captioning in the classroom as an appropriate accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act for students who have a moderate to severe hearing loss or who are deaf and not familiar with sign language. 10/2/2000
  • LA COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM:
    Carl D. Perkins flow-through grant money for contracts (subgrants) funded to school systems, community colleges, technical colleges and universities. 10/6/2000

BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

  • 1. INDIGENT DEFENSE ASSISTANCE BOARD - Compensation of attorneys and regional     defense service centers for representation of indigent defendants 6/15/98
  • 2. BESE - Contracts for independent evaluators to evaluate projects receiving 8(g) funds     2/15/99
  • 3. BOARD OF REGENTS
      1. For recruitment of graduate students. 8/8/91
      2. Research and education contracts with colleges and universities. 05/17/99
  • 4. LA COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM - Carl D. Perkins flow-through grant     money for contracts(subgrants) funded by the agency to school systems, community      colleges, technical colleges and universities. 03/13/00 & 10/6/00
  • 5. LA TAX FREE SHOPPING - Contracts with individuals in the New Orleans and Baton Rouge     areas to visit participating merchants at various hours such as evenings and weekends on a     part-time basis. 04/17/00

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR

  • 1. All contracts are exempt. 3/19/93

JUSTICE

  • 1. All contracts are exempt. 9/7/84

DOTD

  • 1. Appraiser contracts 1/6/95
  • 2. Engineering Services Contracts 10/30/01
  • 3. City/State Agreements 09/03/02

OFFICE OF WOMEN'S SERVICES

  • 1. Family Violence Programs that provide emergency shelter, crisis counseling, and advocacy     information and referrals and support services at 19 sites throughout the state to victims of     family violence and their children. 10/20/99
  • 2. Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs that provide a multi-faceted program approach at     various sites throughout the state to address teen pregnancy prevention. 10/20/99

 

 

 

 

 
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