(1) Except as provided in ORS § 279A.140, a contracting agency may enter into a contract for architectural, engineering, photogrammetric mapping, transportation planning or land surveying services and related services. The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall enter into a contract for architectural, engineering, photogrammetric mapping, transportation planning or land surveying services and related services on behalf of a state contracting agency that is subject to ORS § 279A.140. The provisions of this section do not relieve the contracting agency of the duty to comply with ORS § 279A.140, other law applicable to the state contracting agency or applicable city or county charter provisions. A contracting agency that is authorized to enter into a contract for architectural, engineering, photogrammetric mapping, transportation planning or land surveying services and related services shall adopt procedures to screen and select persons to perform architectural, engineering, photogrammetric mapping, transportation planning or land surveying services and related services under ORS § 279C.110 or 279C.120.

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(2) A state contracting agency with procurement authority under ORS § 279A.050 or a local contract review board by ordinance, resolution, administrative rule or other regulation may, consistent with the provisions of ORS § 279C.100 to 279C.125, designate certain personal services contracts or classes of personal service contracts as contracts for architectural, engineering, photogrammetric mapping, transportation planning or land surveying services or related services. [2003 c.794 § 90; 2005 c.103 § 11; 2011 c.458 § 2]