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SC Code § 11-35-4610 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 35 - South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code|Section 11-35-4610. Definitions of terms used in this article.

 As used in this article, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  (1) "Cooperative purchasing" means procurement conducted by, or on behalf of, more than one public procurement unit, or by a public procurement unit with an external procurement activity.  (2) "External procurement activity" means:  (a) any buying organization not located in this State which, if located in this State, would qualify as a public procurement unit;  (b) buying by the United States government.  (3) "Local public procurement unit" means any political subdivision or unit thereof of this State which expends public funds for the procurement of supplies, services, information technology, or construction.  (4) "Mandatory opting" is the requirement for a local procurement unit to choose whether to utilize a state contract before it is established as prescribed in regulation by the board.  (5) "Public procurement unit" means any of the following:  (a) a local public procurement unit;  (b) a state public procurement unit;  (c) an external procurement activity; or  (d) any not-for-profit entity comprised only of more than one activity or unit listed in subitems (a), (b), or (c), if and as approved in writing by the Materials Management Officer.  (6) "State public procurement unit" means the offices of the chief procurement officers, any purchasing agency of this State, and any other unit of South Carolina state government.  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 148, Section 1; 1997 Act No. 153, Section 1; 2019 Act No. 41 (S.530), Section 65, eff May 13, 2019.  Code Commissioner's Note  2019 Act No. 41, Section 65, inadvertently deleted "thereof" in (3), and at the direction of the Code Commissioner, it was reinserted.  Editor's Note  2019 Act No. 41, Section 80, provides as follows:  "SECTION 80. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to solicitations issued after that date."  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 41, Section 65, in (2)(a), inserted ", if located in this State,"; in (3), substituted "of this State" for "thereof" and inserted "information technology,"; rewrote (5); and in (6), substituted ", any purchasing agency of this State, and any other unit of South Carolina state government" for "and any other purchasing agency of this State".  Subarticle 3  Cooperative Purchasing
SC Code § 11-35-4820 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 35 - South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code|Section 11-35-4820. Selective mandatory opting.

 As prescribed in regulation by the board, any local public procurement unit may purchase from or through the State at any time; provided, however, that the board may impose a requirement upon the localities for mandatory opting in or out of any particular contract before it is established. Mandatory opting shall be imposed only where it is necessary to obtain more cost effective contracts for the State.  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 148, Section 1; 1997 Act No. 153, Section 1.
SC Code § 11-35-4830 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 35 - South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code|Section 11-35-4830. 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 independent of the requirements of Articles 5 and 15 of this chapter; provided, that such procurement shall take place only when the procuring entities have good reason to expect the intergovernmental procurement to be more cost effective than doing their own procurement.  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 148, Section 1; 1982 Act No. 431, Section 2; 1997 Act No. 153, Section 1; 2019 Act No. 41 (S.530), Section 67, eff May 13, 2019.  Editor's Note  2019 Act No. 41, Section 80, provides as follows:  "SECTION 80. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to solicitations issued after that date."  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 41, Section 67, substituted "independent of" for "or external procurement activity in accordance with".
SC Code § 11-35-4840 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 35 - South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code|Section 11-35-4840. Cooperative use of supplies or services.

 Any public procurement unit may enter into an agreement independent of the requirements of Articles 5 and 15 of this chapter with any other public procurement unit for the cooperative use of supplies, services, or information technology under the terms agreed upon between the parties; provided, that such cooperative use of supplies, services, or information technology shall take place only when the public procurement units have good reason to expect the cooperative use to be more cost effective than utilizing their own supplies and services.  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 148, Section 1; 1982 Act No. 431, Section 3; 1997 Act No. 153, Section 1; 2019 Act No. 41 (S.530), Section 68, eff May 13, 2019.  Editor's Note  2019 Act No. 41, Section 80, provides as follows:  "SECTION 80. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to solicitations issued after that date."  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 41, Section 68, substituted "independent of" for "in accordance with", deleted "or external procurement activity" following "public procurement unit", and substituted ", services, or information technology" for "or services" in two places.
SC Code § 11-35-4850 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 35 - South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code|Section 11-35-4850. 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 activity under the terms agreed upon between the parties.  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 148, Section 1; 1997 Act No. 153, Section 1.
SC Code § 11-35-4860 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 35 - South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code|Section 11-35-4860. Supply of personnel, information, and technical services.

 (1) Supply of Personnel. Any public procurement unit is authorized, in its discretion, upon written request from another public procurement unit or external procurement activity, to provide personnel services to the requesting public procurement unit or external procurement activity with or without pay by the recipient governmental unit as may be agreed upon by the parties involved.  (2) Supply of Services. The informational, technical, and other services of any public procurement unit may be made available to any other public procurement unit or external procurement activity provided, that the requirements of the public procurement unit tendering the services shall have precedence over the requesting public procurement unit or external procurement activity. The payment shall be in accordance with an agreement between the parties.  (3) State Information Services. Upon request, the chief procurement officers may make available to public procurement units or external procurement activities the following services among others:  (a) standard forms;  (b) printed manuals;  (c) product specifications and standards;  (d) quality assurance testing services and methods;  (e) qualified product lists;  (f) source information;  (g) common use commodities listings;  (h) supplier prequalification information;  (i) supplier performance ratings;  (j) debarred and suspended bidders lists;  (k) forms for invitations for bids, requests for proposals, instruction to bidders, general contract provisions and other contract forms;  (l) contracts; or  (m) published summaries of contracts, including price and time of delivery information.  (4) State Technical Services. The State, through the chief procurement officers, may provide the following technical services among others:  (a) development of products specifications;  (b) development of quality assurance test methods, including receiving, inspection, and acceptance procedures;  (c) use of product testing and inspection facilities;  (d) use of personnel training programs.  (5) Fees. The chief procurement officers may enter into contractual arrangements and publish a schedule of fees for the services provided under subsections (3) and (4) of this section. All proceeds from the sale of such services must be deposited in the State Treasury in a special account and expended only for the costs of providing the goods and services, and such funds may be retained and expended for the same purposes.  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 148, Section 1; 1997 Act No. 153; 2019 Act No. 41 (S.530), Section 69, eff May 13, 2019.  Editor's Note  2019 Act No. 41, Section 80, provides as follows:  "SECTION 80. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to solicitations issued after that date."  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 41, Section 69, in (3), rewrote (l) and added (m); and in (5), added the third sentence.
SC Code § 11-35-4870 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 35 - South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code|Section 11-35-4870. Use of payments received by a supplying public procurement unit.

 All payments from any public procurement unit or external procurement activity received by the Division of Procurement Services in connection with sponsoring or administering a cooperative purchase, must be deposited in the State Treasury in a special account and expended only for the costs of providing the goods and services, and such funds may be retained and expended for the same purposes.  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 148, Section 1; 1997 Act No. 153, Section 1; 2019 Act No. 41 (S.530), Section 70, eff May 13, 2019.  Editor's Note  2019 Act No. 41, Section 80, provides as follows:  "SECTION 80. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to solicitations issued after that date."  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 41, Section 70, rewrote the section, providing that certain payments must be deposited in a special revenue account.
SC Code § 11-35-4880 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 35 - South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code|Section 11-35-4880. Public procurement units in compliance with code requirements.

 Where the public procurement unit administering a cooperative purchase complies with the requirements of this code, any public procurement unit participating in such a purchase shall be deemed to have complied with this code. Public procurement units shall not enter into a cooperative purchasing agreement for the purpose of circumventing this code.  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 148, Section 1; 1997 Act No. 153, Section 1; 2019 Act No. 41 (S.530), Section 71, eff May 13, 2019.  Editor's Note  2019 Act No. 41, Section 80, provides as follows:  "SECTION 80. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to solicitations issued after that date."  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 41, Section 71, in the first sentence, deleted "or external procurement activity" following "Where the public procurement unit".
SC Code § 11-35-4890 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 35 - South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code|Section 11-35-4890. Review of procurement requirement.

 To the extent possible, the chief procurement officers may collect information concerning the type, cost, quality, and quantity of commonly used supplies, services, or construction being procured or used by local public procurement units, which shall be required to respond appropriately as a precondition for participation in state contracts as governed by regulations promulgated by the board. The chief procurement officers shall make available all such information to any public procurement unit upon request.  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 148, Section 1; 1997 Act No. 153, Section 1.
SC Code § 11-35-4900 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 35 - South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code|Section 11-35-4900. Intergovernmental acquisitions.

 (1) Any procurement by a governmental body from any other public procurement unit must be approved in advance of contracting by the applicable chief procurement officer unless either the supply, service, or information technology is expressly authorized by the enabling legislation of the governmental body supplying the item, or the board has exempted the type of procurement from such approval. Upon recommendation of the division, the board may establish criteria for approval. Absent approval, any procurement by a governmental body from any other public procurement unit must be in accordance with the other articles of this code.  (2) Any procurement by a governmental body from any other public procurement unit must be reported to the Division of Procurement Services quarterly. The division shall determine the means and content of the information to be reported. The division shall report to the board annually on such procurements.  HISTORY: 2019 Act No. 41 (S.530), Section 72, eff May 13, 2019.  Editor's Note  2019 Act No. 41, Section 80, provides as follows:  "SECTION 80. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to solicitations issued after that date."
SC Code § 11-35-5010 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 35 - South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code|Section 11-35-5010. Definitions of terms used in this article.

 The board may promulgate regulations establishing detailed definitions of the following terms using, in addition to the criteria set forth in this section, such other criteria as it may deem desirable.  (1) "Minority person" for the purpose of this article, means a United States citizen who is economically and socially disadvantaged.  (a) "Socially disadvantaged individuals" means those individuals who have been subject to racial or ethnic prejudice or cultural bias because of their identification as members of a certain group, without regard to their individual qualities. Such groups include, but are not limited to, Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans (including American Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts and Native Hawaiians), Asian Pacific Americans, and other minorities to be designated by the board or designated agency.  (b) "Economically disadvantaged individuals" means those socially disadvantaged individuals whose ability to compete in the free enterprise system has been impaired due to diminished capital and credit opportunities as compared to others in the same business area who are not socially disadvantaged.  (2) A "socially and economically disadvantaged small business" means any small business concern which:  (a) is at least fifty-one percent owned by one or more citizens of the United States who are determined to be socially and economically disadvantaged.  (b) in the case of a concern which is a corporation, fifty-one percent of all classes of voting stock of such corporation must be owned by an individual determined to be socially and economically disadvantaged.  (c) in the case of a concern which is a partnership, fifty-one percent of the partnership interest must be owned by an individual or individuals determined to be socially and economically disadvantaged and whose management and daily business operations are controlled by individuals determined to be socially and economically disadvantaged. Such individuals must be involved in the daily management and operations of the business concerned.  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 148, Section 1; 1997 Act No. 153, Section 1.  Subarticle 3  Assistance to Minority Businesses
SC Code § 11-35-5210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 35 - South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code|Section 11-35-5210. Statement of policy and its implementation.

 (1) Statement of Policy. The South Carolina General Assembly declares that business firms owned and operated by minority persons have been historically restricted from full participation in our free enterprise system to a degree disproportionate to other businesses. The General Assembly believes that it is in the state's best interest to assist minority-owned businesses to develop fully as a part of the state's policies and programs which are designed to promote balanced economic and community growth throughout the State. The General Assembly, therefore, wishes to ensure that those businesses owned and operated by minorities are afforded the opportunity to fully participate in the overall procurement process of the State. The General Assembly, therefore, takes this leadership role in setting procedures that will result in awarding contracts and subcontracts to minority business firms in order to enhance minority capital ownership, overall state economic development and reduce dependency on the part of minorities.  (2) Implementation. Chief procurement officers shall implement the policy set forth in subsection (1) of this section in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-35-5220.  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 148, Section 1; 1997 Act No. 153, Section 1.
SC Code § 11-35-5220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 35 - South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code|Section 11-35-5220. Duties of the chief procurement officers.

 (1) Assistance from the Chief Procurement Officers. The chief procurement officers shall provide appropriate staffs to assist minority businesses with the procurement procedures developed pursuant to this code.  (2) Special Publications. The chief procurement officers in cooperation with other appropriate private and state agencies may issue supplementary instructions designed to assist minority businesses with the state procurement procedures.  (3) Source Lists. Chief procurement officers shall maintain special source lists of minority business firms detailing the products and services which they provide. These lists shall be made available to agency purchasing personnel.  (4) Solicitation Mailing Lists. The chief procurement officers shall include and identify minority business on the state's bidders' list and shall ensure that these firms are solicited on an equal basis within nonminority firms.  (5) Training Programs. The chief procurement officers shall work with appropriate state offices and minority groups in conducting seminars to assist minority business owners in learning how to do business with the State.  (6) Fee Waivers. Upon request by an MBE certified by the Small and Minority Business Assistance Office, user or subscription fees for services provided by the chief procurement officers may be waived for an MBE.  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 148, Section 1; 1997 Act No. 153, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 376, Section 57.
SC Code § 11-35-5230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 35 - South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code|Section 11-35-5230. Regulations for negotiation with state minority firms.

 (A) The board shall promulgate regulations that designate such procurement contracts as it may deem appropriate for negotiation with certified, South Carolina-based minority firms, as defined by this subarticle. Among the criteria that shall be used to determine such designations are:  (1) The total dollar value of procurement in South Carolina.  (2) The availability of South Carolina-based minority firms.  (3) The potential for breaking the contracts into smaller units, where necessary, to accommodate such firms.  (4) Insuring that the State shall not be required to sacrifice quality of goods or services.  (5) Ensuring that the price has been determined to be fair and reasonable, and competitive both to the State and to the contractor.  (B)(1) Firms with state contracts that subcontract with minority firms shall be eligible for an income tax credit equal to four percent of the payments to minority subcontractors for work pursuant to a state contract. Such subcontractors must be certified as to the criteria of a minority firm as defined in Section 11-35-5010 of this code and any regulations which may be promulgated thereunder.  (2) The tax credit is limited to a maximum of fifty thousand dollars annually. A firm is eligible to claim a tax credit for a period of ten years from the date the first income tax credit is claimed.  (3) Any firm desiring to be certified as a minority firm shall make application to the Small and Minority Business Assistance Office (SMBAO) as defined by Section 11-35-5270, on such forms as may be prescribed by that office.  (4) Firms claiming the income tax credit shall maintain evidence of work performed for a state contract by minority subcontractors and shall present such evidence on a form and in a manner prescribed by the Department of Revenue at the time of filing its state income tax return and claim such credit at the time of filing. All records shall be available for audit by the Department of Revenue in accordance with prevailing tax statutes.  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 148, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 96; 1995 Act No. 76, Section 8; 1997 Act No. 153, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 376, Section 58.  Editor's Note  1995 Act No. 76, Section 25, provides as follows:  "Upon approval by the Governor, this act is effective for taxable years beginning after 1995."