Intergovernmental Relations

C.R.S. tit. 24, art. 110
in effect

C.R.S. § 24-110-201 Cooperative purchasing authorized

24-110-201. Cooperative purchasing authorized. (1) In accordance with the provisions of this article 110 and rules promulgated by the executive director, any public procurement unit may either participate in, sponsor, conduct, or administer a cooperative purchasing agreement for the procurement of any supplies, services, or construction with one or more public procurement units, external procurement units, or procurement consortiums that include as members tax-exempt organizations as defined by section 501 (c)(3) of the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended, in accordance with an agreement entered into between the participants. Such cooperative purchasing may include, but is not limited to, joint or multiparty contracts between public procurement units and open-ended state public procurement unit contracts that are made available to local public procurement units. (1.5) With prior written approval of the chief procurement officer and under procedures established by rule, a state public procurement unit may sponsor, conduct, or administer a cooperative purchasing agreement with one or more public procurement units, external procurement units, or procurement consortiums. (2) With prior written approval of the chief procurement officer and under procedures established by rule, a state public procurement unit may purchase goods or services under the terms of a contract between a vendor and an external procurement unit or a local public procurement unit without complying with the requirements of section 24-102-202.5 and article 103 of this title 24. (3) With written approval from the procurement official and under procedures established by rule, a state public procurement unit may purchase goods or services under the terms of another state public procurement unit without complying with the requirements specified in section 24-102-202.5 and article 103 of this title 24. (4) Unless otherwise approved by the chief procurement officer, the procurement official shall comply with the following order of priority for the use of cooperative purchasing agreements: (a) First, state-issued cooperative purchasing agreements; (b) Second, state public procurement unit cooperative purchasing agreements; and (c) Third, local public procurement unit or external public procurement unit cooperative purchasing agreements. (5) A local public procurement unit may participate in, sponsor, conduct, or administer a cooperative purchasing agreement for the procurement of any supplies or services as permitted by the procurement code, ordinances, and rules of such local public procurement unit.

C.R.S. § 24-110-202 Sale, acquisition, or use of supplies by a public procurement unit

24-110-202. Sale, acquisition, or use of supplies by a public procurement unit. Any public procurement unit may sell to, acquire from, or use any supplies belonging to another public procurement unit or external procurement unit independent of the requirements of article 103 of this title 24.

C.R.S. § 24-110-203 Cooperative use of supplies or services

24-110-203. Cooperative use of supplies or services. Any public procurement unit may enter into an agreement, independent of the requirements of article 103 of this title 24, with any other public procurement unit or external procurement unit for the cooperative use of supplies or services under the terms agreed upon between the parties.

C.R.S. § 24-110-204 Joint use of facilities

24-110-204. Joint use of facilities. Any public procurement unit may enter into agreements for the common use or lease of warehousing facilities, capital equipment, and other facilities with another public procurement unit or an external procurement unit under the terms agreed upon between the parties.

C.R.S. § 24-110-205 Supply of personnel, information, and technical services

24-110-205. Supply of personnel, information, and technical services. (1) Any public procurement unit is authorized, in its discretion, upon written request from another public procurement unit or external procurement unit, to provide personnel to the requesting public procurement unit or external procurement unit. (2) Informational, technical, and other services of any public procurement unit may be made available to any other public procurement unit or external procurement unit if the requirements of the public procurement unit tendering the services shall have precedence over the requesting public procurement unit or external procurement unit. The requesting public procurement unit or external procurement unit shall pay any expenses incurred in providing such services, in accordance with the agreement between the parties. (3) Upon request, the executive director through the division of local government, within the department of local affairs, may make available to local public procurement units and external procurement units the following items, including, but not limited to: (a) Standard forms; (b) Printed manuals; (c) Product specifications and standards; (d) Quality assurance testing services and methods; (e) Lists of qualified products; (f) Source information; (g) Lists of common use commodities; (h) Supplier prequalification information; (i) Supplier performance rating; (j) Lists of debarred and suspended bidders; (k) Forms for invitations for bids, requests for proposals, instructions to bidders, general contract provisions, and other contract forms; and (l) Contracts or published summaries of contracts, including price and time of delivery information. (4) The state, through the division of local government within the department of local affairs, may provide to local public procurement units and external procurement units technical services, including, but not limited to, the following: (a) The development of products specifications; (b) The development of quality assurance test methods including receiving, inspection, and acceptance procedures; (c) The use of product testing and inspection facilities; and (d) The use of personnel training programs.

C.R.S. § 24-110-206 Use of payments received by a supplying public procurement unit

24-110-206. Use of payments received by a supplying public procurement unit. All payments from any public procurement unit or external procurement unit that are received by a public procurement unit for supplying personnel or services shall be available for use as authorized by law or pursuant to fiscal rules.

C.R.S. § 24-110-207 Public procurement units - compliance with code

24-110-207. Public procurement units - compliance with code. Whenever the public procurement unit or external procurement unit that is administering a cooperative purchasing agreement complies with the requirements of this code, the public procurement unit that is participating in such agreement shall also be deemed to have complied with this code. No public procurement unit may enter into a cooperative purchasing agreement for the purpose of circumventing this code.

C.R.S. § 24-110-207.5 Certification of certain entities as local public procurement units - rules - report

24-110-207.5. Certification of certain entities as local public procurement units - rules - report. (1) The executive director may certify any of the following entities as a local public procurement unit: (a) Any behavioral health safety net provider, as defined in section 27-50-101, any nonprofit case management agency, as defined in section 25.5-6-1702 (2), or any nonprofit service agency, as defined in section 25.5-10-202, if the entity uses the supplies, services, or construction procured for the public mental health system or the public developmental disability system; (b) Any nonprofit entity eligible to receive funds pursuant to section 24-32-705 or 24-32-717, if the entity uses the supplies, services, or construction procured for the rehabilitation, construction, acquisition, or provision of low- or moderate-income housing; or (c) Any public benefit nonprofit entity, if the entity uses the supplies, services, or construction procured in the furtherance of its stated nonprofit purpose. (2) The executive director may adopt such rules as are necessary to implement the certification process required by this section. (3) Repealed.

C.R.S. § 24-110-208 Review of procurement requirements

24-110-208. Review of procurement requirements. To the extent possible, the executive director may collect information concerning the type, cost, quality, and quantity of commonly used supplies, services, or construction being procured or used by state public procurement units. The executive director, through the division of local government within the department of local affairs, may also collect such information from local public procurement units. The executive director may make available all such information to any public procurement unit upon request.

C.R.S. § 24-110-301 Contract controversies

24-110-301. Contract controversies. In the case of a cooperative purchasing agreement, controversies which arise between an administering public procurement unit and its bidders, offerors, or contractors may be resolved in accordance with article 109 of this title.
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