CO Code § 24-102-202.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 102 - Procurement Organization|Part 2 - Purchasing|§ 24-102-202.5. Supplier Database - Fees - Cash Fund - Program Account

  The executive director shall develop a centralized database that includes a listing of all businesses which are interested in providing goods and services to the state. The businesses in the database shall be identified by a registration number, and the executive director shall develop a procedure for notifying the appropriate businesses whenever the state issues solicitations for goods or services which a particular business provides. The database shall be accessible through the department of personnel to all purchasing agencies designated pursuant to section 24-102-302 (2).      The executive director may require each business that wishes to be included in the database created pursuant to subsection (1) of this section to pay a registration fee as determined by the executive director. The executive director may set and collect such fees as are necessary to cover the direct and indirect costs that are incurred in implementing the provisions of this section. The revenue from such fees shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the supplier database cash fund, which fund is hereby created. The general assembly shall make appropriations from such fund as necessary to implement the provisions of this section. All moneys not expended or encumbered and all interest earned on the investment or deposit of the moneys in the fund shall remain in the fund and shall not revert to the general fund or any other fund at the end of any fiscal year. (2) (a) The executive director may require each business that wishes to be included in the database created pursuant to subsection (1) of this section to pay a registration fee as determined by the executive director. The executive director may set and collect such fees as are necessary to cover the direct and indirect costs that are incurred in implementing the provisions of this section. The revenue from such fees shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the supplier database cash fund, which fund is hereby created. The general assembly shall make appropriations from such fund as necessary to implement the provisions of this section. All moneys not expended or encumbered and all interest earned on the investment or deposit of the moneys in the fund shall remain in the fund and shall not revert to the general fund or any other fund at the end of any fiscal year.    (Deleted by amendment, L. 2009, (SB 09-099), ch. 420, p. 2336, § 1, effective June 4, 2009.)   (2.5) (a) The executive director shall develop and implement a statewide centralized electronic procurement system to allow the utilization of technology to create a more efficient delivery of state procurement services. The executive director may set and collect fees from vendors with cooperative purchasing agreements and from local public procurement units that are participating in the electronic procurement system, as necessary to cover the direct and indirect costs of implementing and maintaining the electronic procurement system. In addition, the executive director may collect moneys from cooperative purchasing organizations for procurement support.    (Deleted by amendment, L. 2017.)    The revenue from the fees and any moneys collected from cooperative purchasing organizations pursuant to subsection (2.5)(a) of this section shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the supplier database cash fund created in subsection (2)(a) of this section.          The provisions of this section shall not apply to contractors required to be approved pursuant to the provisions of section 24-30-1303 (1)(q).     Source: L. 92: Entire section added, p. 1110, § 1, effective July 1. L. 95: (1) amended, p. 662, § 93, effective July 1. L. 96: (1) and (2) amended, p. 1511, § 34, effective June 1. L. 2003: (2) amended, p. 458, § 17, effective March 5. L. 2009: (1) and (2)(b) amended and (2.5) added, (SB 09-099), ch. 420, p. 2336, § 1, effective June 4. L. 2013: (2)(a) and (2.5) amended, (HB 13-1184), ch. 75, p. 242, § 1, effective March 22. L. 2017: (1), (2)(a), and (2.5) amended, (HB 17-1051), ch. 99, p. 309, § 10, effective August 9.   Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1995 act amending subsection (1), see section 112 of chapter 167, Session Laws of Colorado 1995.