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CO Code § 24-92-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 92 - Construction Bidding for Public Projects|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-92-110. Rules and Regulations

 The executive director of the department of personnel shall promulgate rules and regulations which are designed to implement the provisions of this article 92; except that the executive director of the department of transportation shall promulgate rules and regulations relating to bridge and highway construction bidding practices including, notwithstanding any other provisions of this article 92, rules governing debarment of contractors. The rules must include provisions requiring agencies of government to keep certain public project records, even if duplicative, in accordance with generally accepted cost accounting principles and standards. In addition, the rules must include criteria to be used by a responsible procurement official in evaluating a response to an invitation for best value bids pursuant to section 24-92-103.5 (3).   Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1257, § 1, effective July 1. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 1025, § 1, effective April 21. L. 84: Entire section amended, p. 293, § 3, effective April 30. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1068, § 38, effective July 1. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 661, § 90, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1292), ch. 266, p. 1402, § 11, effective May 24. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17-1051), ch. 99, p. 352, § 71, effective August 9.   Cross references: (1) For the legislative declaration contained in the 1995 act amending this section, see section 112 of chapter 167, Session Laws of Colorado 1995.   (2) In 2013, this section was amended by the "Keep Jobs In Colorado Act of 2013". For the short title, see section 1 of chapter 266, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.
CO Code § 24-92-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 92 - Construction Bidding for Public Projects|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-92-111. Audit

 If any agency of government is alleged to be in violation of or in material noncompliance with this article 92 or the rules promulgated thereunder, the legislative audit committee shall be advised, in writing, of the activities alleged to be in violation or noncompliance. The legislative audit committee shall give notice to the agency, which has ten days to respond to the allegation. If the committee thereafter determines that there is a reasonable probability of a violation or material noncompliance, the committee shall take appropriate action and may direct the state auditor to conduct an audit and review of the records being kept by the agency. If the state auditor determines that the agency has violated or has not complied or is not complying with this article 92 or the rules promulgated thereunder, a written report shall be issued to the agency detailing the areas of violation or noncompliance and curative recommendations. The agency shall implement the recommendations of the state auditor within a time period set by the state auditor not to exceed six months.   Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1257, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (SB 17-294), ch. 264, p. 1406, § 80, effective May 25.
CO Code § 24-92-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 92 - Construction Bidding for Public Projects|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-92-112. Finality of Determinations

 The determinations required by sections 24-92-103 (6), 24-92-104, 24-92-106 (1), and 24-92-108 are final and conclusive unless they are clearly erroneous, arbitrary, capricious, or contrary to law.   Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1258, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 24-92-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 92 - Construction Bidding for Public Projects|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-92-113. Reporting of Anticompetitive Practices

 When for any reason collusion or other anticompetitive practices are suspected among any bidders or offerors, a notice of the relevant facts shall be transmitted to the attorney general.   Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1258, § 1, effective July 1.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, "Post-Award Bid Shopping in the Colorado Public Construction Industry", see 18Colo. Law. 1739 (1989).
CO Code § 24-92-114 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 92 - Construction Bidding for Public Projects|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 24-92-114. Prohibition of Dividing Work of Public Project

 It is unlawful for any person to divide a work of a public project into two or more separate projects for the sole purpose of evading or attempting to evade the requirements of this article.   Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1258, § 1, effective July 1.
CO Code § 24-92-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 92 - Construction Bidding for Public Projects|Part 2 - Prevailing Wage for Public Projects|§ 24-92-201. Definitions

 As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:    "Agency of government" means any agency, department, division, board, bureau, commission, institution, or section of the state which is a budgetary unit exercising construction contracting authority or discretion. "Agency of government" does not include any county, city and county, city, municipality, town, school district, special district, or any other political subdivision of the state.    "Contractor" means any person having a contract for a public project with an agency of government.    "Director" means the director of the department of personnel.    "Employees" means workers who are employees pursuant to section 8-4-101 (5), and who are engaged by contractors or subcontractors to perform jobs on various types of public projects including mechanics, laborers, and other construction workers.    "Public project" means any construction, alteration, repair, demolition, or improvement of any land, building, structure, facility, road, highway, bridge, or other public improvement suitable for and intended for use in the promotion of public health, welfare, or safety and any operation or maintenance programs for the operation and upkeep of such projects. "Public project" includes any work, construction, or repair performed by a private party through a contract to rent, lease, or purchase at least fifty percent of the project by one or more agencies of government.    "Wages", "scale of wages", "wage rates", "minimum wages", and "prevailing wages" means:   The basic hourly rate of pay; and    For medical or hospital care, pensions on retirement or death, compensation for injuries or illness resulting from occupational activity, or insurance to provide any of the forgoing, for unemployment benefits, life insurance, disability and sickness insurance, or accident insurance, for vacation and holiday pay, for defraying the costs of apprenticeship or other similar programs, or for other bona fide fringe benefits, but only where the contractor or subcontractor is not required by other federal, state, or local law to provide any of those benefits, the amount of:   The rate of contribution irrevocably made by a contractor or subcontractor to a trustee or to a third person under a fund, plan, or program; and    The rate of costs to the contractor or subcontractor that may be reasonably anticipated in providing benefits to employees pursuant to an enforceable commitment to carry out a financially responsible plan or program which was communicated in writing to the employees affected.           Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (SB 19-196), ch. 316, p. 2949, § 2, effective August 2.
CO Code § 24-92-202 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 92 - Construction Bidding for Public Projects|Part 2 - Prevailing Wage for Public Projects|§ 24-92-202. Contractors Subject to Provisions - Weekly Payment of Employees - Rules

  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, any contractor who is awarded a contract for a public project by an agency of government in the amount of five hundred thousand dollars or more, and any subcontractors working on the public project, shall pay their employees at weekly intervals and shall comply with the enforcement provisions established in section 24-92-209. This part 2 applies to a contract for a public project awarded pursuant to part 1 of this article 92 and to an integrated project delivery contract for a public project awarded pursuant to article 93 of this title 24. This part 2 does not apply to contracts for public projects that receive federal funding.    This part 2 does not apply to the department of transportation, regardless of the amount or funding source of the public project; except that the department of transportation is required to pay employees performing work on any public project, regardless of the amount or funding source of the public project, in accordance with the requirements of the federal "Davis-Bacon Act", 40 U.S.C. sec 3141, et seq.    The director may promulgate rules in accordance with article 4 of this title 24 as may be necessary to administer and enforce any requirement of this part 2.     Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (SB 19-196), ch. 316, p. 2950, § 2, effective August 2.
CO Code § 24-92-203 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 92 - Construction Bidding for Public Projects|Part 2 - Prevailing Wage for Public Projects|§ 24-92-203. Prevailing Rate of Wages and Other Payments - Specifications in Solicitations and Contract

  Before awarding any contract for a public project in the amount of five hundred thousand dollars or more, an agency of government shall obtain from the director the general prevailing rate, as determined by the director pursuant to section 24-92-205, of the regular, holiday, and overtime wages paid and the general prevailing payments on behalf of employees to lawful welfare, pension, vacation, apprentice training, and educational funds in the state, for each employee needed to execute the contract for the public project. Payments to the funds must constitute an ordinary business expense deduction for federal income tax purposes by contractors and subcontractors.    An agency of government shall specify in the competitive solicitation for a public project in the amount of five hundred thousand dollars or more and in the contract for such public project, the general prevailing rate of the regular, holiday, and overtime wages paid and the payments on behalf of employees to the welfare, pension, vacation, apprentice training, and education funds existing in the geographic locality for each employee needed to execute the contract or work.    The general prevailing rate of the regular, holiday, and overtime wages paid and the payments on behalf of employees to the welfare, pension, vacation, apprentice training, and education funds specified in the competitive solicitation and in the contract for a public project pursuant to subsection (2) of this section shall remain the same for the duration of the work on the public project.    Contracting agencies of government shall not artificially divide public projects to avoid compliance with the requirements of this part 2.     Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (SB 19-196), ch. 316, p. 2950, § 2, effective August 2.
CO Code § 24-92-205 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 92 - Construction Bidding for Public Projects|Part 2 - Prevailing Wage for Public Projects|§ 24-92-205. Investigation and Determination of Prevailing Wages - Filing of Schedule

  In determining the applicable prevailing wage for public projects pursuant to section 24-92-204, the director shall use appropriate wage determinations issued by the United States department of labor in accordance with the "Davis-Bacon Act", 40 U.S.C. sec. 3141, et seq., to establish the prevailing wage rates for the applicable trades or occupation for the geographic locality of the public project. The director shall keep a schedule on file in his or her office of the customary prevailing rate of wages and payments made to or on behalf of the employees, which shall be open to public inspection.    The director shall update the applicable prevailing wage for public projects as determined pursuant to subsection (1) of this section on or before July 1, 2022, and on or before July 1 each year thereafter.     Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (SB 19-196), ch. 316, p. 2952, § 2, effective August 2.
CO Code § 24-92-206 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 92 - Construction Bidding for Public Projects|Part 2 - Prevailing Wage for Public Projects|§ 24-92-206. Statutory Provisions Included in Contracts

 A copy of sections 24-92-203 and 24-92-204 shall be inserted in all contracts for public projects awarded by an agency of government if the contract price is five hundred thousand dollars or more.   Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (SB 19-196), ch. 316, p. 2952, § 2, effective August 2.
CO Code § 24-92-207 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 92 - Construction Bidding for Public Projects|Part 2 - Prevailing Wage for Public Projects|§ 24-92-207. Prevailing Wage Rates - Posting

  Each contractor awarded a contract for public project with a contract price of five hundred thousand dollars or more and each subcontractor who performs work on the public project shall post in conspicuous places on the project, where employees are employed, posters that contain the current prevailing rate of wages and the current prevailing rate of payments to the funds required to be paid for each employee employed to execute the contract as established in sections 24-92-203 and 24-92-204, and the rights and remedies of any employee described in section 24-92-210 for nonpayment of any wages earned pursuant to this section. The posters shall be furnished to contractors and subcontractors by the director in a form and manner to be determined by the director.    A contractor or subcontractor who fails to comply with this section shall be deemed guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor and shall pay to the director one hundred dollars for each calendar day of noncompliance as determined by the director.    Contracts for public works projects shall contain the specific obligations of the contractor under this section including provisions regarding the posting of posters on the job site as required by this section and the department's procedures for the contractor to receive the posters.     Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (SB 19-196), ch. 316, p. 2952, § 2, effective August 2.
CO Code § 24-101-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 101 - Procurement Code - General Provisions|Part 1 - Purposes, Construction, and Application|§ 24-101-101. Short Title

 The short title of articles 101 to 112 of this title 24 is the "Procurement Code", referred to in said articles as the "code".   Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1259, § 1, effective January 1, 1982. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17-1051), ch. 99, p. 299, § 1, effective August 9.
CO Code § 24-101-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 101 - Procurement Code - General Provisions|Part 1 - Purposes, Construction, and Application|§ 24-101-102. Purposes - Rules of Construction

  This code shall be construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.    The underlying purposes and policies of this code are:   To simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing procurement by the state of Colorado;    To provide for increased public confidence in the procedures followed in public procurement;    To ensure the fair and equitable treatment of all persons who deal with the procurement system of the state of Colorado;    To provide increased economy in state procurement activities and to maximize to the fullest extent practicable the purchasing value of public funds of the state of Colorado;    To foster effective broad-based competition within the free enterprise system; and    To provide safeguards for the maintenance of a procurement system of quality and integrity.        Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1259, § 1, effective January 1, 1982.
CO Code § 24-101-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 101 - Procurement Code - General Provisions|Part 1 - Purposes, Construction, and Application|§ 24-101-104. Requirement of Good Faith

 This code requires all parties involved in the procurement of any good or service or in the negotiation, performance, or administration of any contract for those goods or services to act in good faith.   Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1260, § 1, effective January 1, 1982. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17-1051), ch. 99, p. 299, § 2, effective August 9.
CO Code § 24-101-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 101 - Procurement Code - General Provisions|Part 1 - Purposes, Construction, and Application|§ 24-101-106. Procurement Training

 The chief procurement officer, or his or her designee, may develop and conduct a procurement education and training program for employees of governmental bodies and for vendors.   Source: L. 2017: Entire section added, (HB 17-1051), ch. 99, p. 301, § 4, effective August 9.
CO Code § 24-101-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 101 - Procurement Code - General Provisions|Part 1 - Purposes, Construction, and Application|§ 24-101-107. Procurement Ethics

 Any person who is employed by a governmental body who purchases goods or services or is involved in the purchasing process for the state, any end users of such goods and services, any vendor or contractor that does business with the state, and any other interested third parties to the procurement process shall enhance the proficiency and stature of the purchasing process by adhering to the highest standards of ethical behavior.   Source: Entire section added, (HB 17-1051), ch. 99, p. 301, § 4, effective August 9.
CO Code § 24-101-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 101 - Procurement Code - General Provisions|Part 2 - Determinations|§ 24-101-201. Determinations

 Written determinations required by this code shall be retained in the appropriate official procurement file of the department of personnel or the purchasing agency administering the procurement.   Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1260, § 1, effective January 1, 1982. L. 96: Entire section amended, p.1533, § 97, effective June 1. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17-1051), ch. 99, p. 302, § 5, effective August 9.
CO Code § 24-101-401 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 101 - Procurement Code - General Provisions|Part 4 - Procurement Records and Information|§ 24-101-401. Public Access to Procurement Information

  Except as provided in section 24-103-201.5, proposals and bids shall be opened so as to avoid disclosure of the contents of the proposal or bid to competing offerors during the review process. A register of proposals and bids shall be prepared in accordance with rules and such procurement records shall be open for public inspection after the award as provided in sections 24-72-203 and 24-72-204. The executive director may promulgate rules to clarify the process for classifying confidential or proprietary information in procurement records.      To the extent not prohibited by federal law, each contract entered into by a governmental body pursuant to this code shall specify that the contract and performance measures and standards under article 103.5 of this title are open to inspection by the public as provided in sections 24-72-203 and 24-72-204. (2) (a) To the extent not prohibited by federal law, each contract entered into by a governmental body pursuant to this code shall specify that the contract and performance measures and standards under article 103.5 of this title are open to inspection by the public as provided in sections 24-72-203 and 24-72-204.    Repealed.        Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1262, § 1, effective January 1, 1982. L. 2011: Entire section amended, (SB 11-025), ch. 103, p. 324, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2013: (1) amended, (HB 13-1300), ch. 316, p. 1686, § 67, effective August 7. L. 2017: (1) amended, (HB 17-1051), ch. 99, p. 307, § 7, effective August 9. L. 2020: (2)(b) repealed, (HB 20-1153), ch. 109, p. 440, § 6, effective June 16.   Cross references: (1) In 2011, section 24-101-401 was amended by the "Colorado Taxpayer Empowerment Act of 2011". For the short title, see section 1 of chapter 103, Session Laws of Colorado 2011.   (2) For the legislative declaration in HB 20-1153, see section 1 of chapter 109, Session Laws of Colorado 2020.
CO Code § 24-101-402 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 101 - Procurement Code - General Provisions|Part 4 - Procurement Records and Information|§ 24-101-402. Retention of Procurement Records

 All procurement records shall be retained and disposed of in accordance with records retention guidelines and schedules, as provided in section 24-80-103.   Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1262, § 1, effective January 1, 1982.
CO Code § 24-102-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 102 - Procurement Organization|Part 1 - Executive Director of the Department of Personnel|§ 24-102-101. Authority and Duties of the Executive Director

 Subject to the provisions of part 2 of this article 102, the executive director of the department of personnel has the authority and responsibility to promulgate rules, consistent with this code, governing the procurement and disposal of any and all supplies, services, and construction to be procured by the state, except for surplus state property as provided in section 17-24-106.6, and except as provided in part 4 of article 82 of this title 24. The executive director shall consider and decide matters of policy within the provisions of this code.   Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1263, § 1, effective January 1, 1982. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 756, § 9, effective July 1, 1987. L. 87: Entire section amended, p. 984, § 6, effective July 11. L. 96: Entire section amended, pp. 1510, 1533, §§ 31, 99, effective June 1. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 1864, § 85, effective August 2. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 221, § 4, effective April 3. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 918, § 19, effective May 17. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17-1051), ch. 99, p. 308, § 8, effective August 9.   Editor's note: Amendments to this section by sections 31 and 99 of Senate Bill 96-228 were harmonized.
CO Code § 24-102-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 102 - Procurement Organization|Part 2 - Purchasing|§ 24-102-201. Purchasing

  (Deleted by amendment,L. 96, p. 1510, § 32, effective June 1, 1996.)    The powers, duties, and functions concerning purchasing shall be administered as if transferred to the department of personnel by a type 2 transfer, as such transfer is defined by the "Administrative Organization Act of 1968", article 1 of this title.     Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1263, § 1, effective January 1, 1982. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 662, § 92, effective July 1. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 1510, § 32, effective June 1.   Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1995 act amending this section, see section 112 of chapter 167, Session Laws of Colorado 1995.