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(4) A hospital owned by the state may purchase equipment from a qualified group purchasing organization if the price is less than that for the same or comparable equipment on the state bid list. For that equipment not contained on the state bid list, the Department of Health and Hospitals shall, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, promulgate rules containing a mechanism for determining that the purchase of the equipment through a qualified group without bidding is cost effective and is in the best interest of the state. Until said rules become effective, no equipment not contained on the state bid list shall be purchased from qualified group purchasing organizations without complying with all other applicable laws.
H. The commissioners, governing board, or governing authority of any hospital owned or operated by a hospital service district, a public trust, any municipality, or any other public entity may authorize by resolution, and the secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals for any hospital owned or operated by the state, may authorize the participation in, or the purchasing from, a qualified group purchasing organization for the purchase of supplies and materials, without complying with this Section or any other applicable provision of law when it appears to any such authority or said secretary that participation would affect the economic situation or efficiency of operations of the hospital in a positive manner. A positive effect on the economic situation or efficiency of operations shall be presumed when the total price of items to be purchased from the qualified group purchasing organization is less than the total price of those items if purchased from the state bid list.
N. (1) Notwithstanding any provision of this Part to the contrary, any public school district or public school may participate in a school district purchasing cooperative for the purchase of materials, equipment, and supplies.
(2) Public schools and public school districts which are members of a school district purchasing cooperative may purchase materials, equipment, and supplies in accordance with contracts submitted to the school district purchasing cooperative by a vendor.
(3) As used in this Subsection, “school district purchasing cooperative” means an organization, whether for profit or not for profit, of which two or more public school districts are members and which solicits proposals or bids from vendors of services, materials, equipment, or supplies of the type and nature as may be purchased by a public school district or public school.
(4) A school district purchasing cooperative shall use the following request for proposals process in the solicitation of vendors for materials, equipment, and supplies:
(a) Public notice shall be given by the placement of an advertisement in the official journal of the state at least once. Advertisements may also be placed in other newspapers, trade journals, and websites at the discretion of the cooperative.
(b) The notice shall include the nature of the materials, equipment, or supplies sought and may include information on the estimated quantity sought and the time frame for purchase by the members of the cooperative.
(c) The advertisement shall appear at least fifteen days before the last day that proposals may be submitted.
(d) The notice shall be provided at least fifteen days before the last day for proposals to be accepted to persons, firms, or companies that have requested to be notified of requests for proposals.
(e) The notice shall include information with regard to the deadline for submission of proposals and contact information for questions concerning the solicitation.
(f) The responsible and responsive proposal that provides the lowest price shall be selected.
(g) The selected vendor shall agree to make the subject materials, equipment, or supplies available for the price set forth in the proposal to any member of the school district purchasing cooperative.
Added by Acts 1999, No. 768, § 1. Amended by Acts 2002, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 120, § 1; Acts 2003, No. 84, § 1, eff. May 28, 2003; Acts 2003, No. 575, § 1, eff. June 27, 2003; Acts 2006, No. 203, § 1, eff. June 2, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 590, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 227, § 1; Acts 2009, No. 392, § 1; Acts 2011, No. 81, § 1; Acts 2014, No. 823, § 1.