Outlines the restrictions and exemptions for using sole source contracts and reinforces that competition is the preferred procurement method to eliminate any manipulation intended to avoid competition.

Grants DES authority to acquire real estate for state agencies and other entities.

Describes the State Building Code Act and promotes the health, safety, and welfare of Washington state building residents and visitors.

Allows DES to govern pedestrian and vehicle traffic on the Capitol Campus.

Establishes approval procedures for using departmental, office, agency, institutional, or commission logos on state-owned or controlled vehicles.

Provides several suggested design, construction, and locations standards for building curb ramps.

Requires agencies to use approved strategies to increase purchases of goods and services from small, diverse, and veteran-owned businesses. Meets requirements in state law to ensure equitable access to state goods and services contracts.

Requires all state executive cabinet agencies and small cabinet agencies to follow Executive Order 18-03 – Supporting Workers’ Rights to Effectively Address Workplace Violations.

Requires state agencies to sell or exchange their unneeded assets at a public or private sale and put the profit (1) toward any debt accrued for the original asset purchase or (2) into the state general fund.

Describes how surplus property may be offered for sale, transfer, auction, or donation.

Sets the basic rules for using public areas of the Capitol Campus for free speech, assembly, commercial, and private activities.

Describes the different types of procurement bonds, lists considerations for the appropriate use of procurement bonds and alternatives to procurement bonds, and clarifies responsible bidder determination.

Grants small eligible public works businesses access to special training, technical help, and opportunities to bid on EDGE reserved contracts. Removes barriers for small and diverse public works businesses in Washington state.

Ensures efficient, effective, and economical use and management of passenger motor vehicles for the conduct of official state business.

Applies to: State agencies (as defined by RCW 43.19.560) and institutions including the Washington State School Directors’ Association, employees, contractors, students, and volunteer/intern drivers and passengers on official state business. This policy does not apply to any agency of the judicial branch or the Legislature.