(1) To achieve the service delivery improvements and efficiencies intended in RCW
74.13B.005,
74.13B.020,
74.13B.030, and
74.13B.060 and in *RCW
74.13.370, and pursuant to **RCW
41.06.142(3), contracting with network administrators to provide services needed by children and families in the child welfare system, pursuant to RCW
74.13B.020 and
74.13B.030, and execution and monitoring of individual provider contracts, pursuant to RCW
74.13B.020, are expressly mandated by the legislature and are not subject to the processes set forth in **RCW
41.06.142 (1), (4), and (5).
(2) The express mandate in subsection (1) of this section is limited to those services and activities provided in RCW
74.13B.020 and
74.13B.030. If the department includes services customarily and historically performed by department employees in the classified service in a procurement for network administrators that exceeds the scope of services or activities provided in RCW
74.13B.020 and
74.13B.030, such contracting is not specifically mandated and will be subject to all applicable contractual and legal obligations.