§ 12-3-1203. Purchases for Other Local Governmental Units
Any municipality, county, utility district, or other local governmental unit of the state may, upon request, purchase supplies, equipment, and services for any other municipality, county, utility district, or other local governmental unit. The purchases shall be made on the same terms and under the same rules and regulations as regular purchases of the purchasing […]
§ 12-3-1204. Competitive Solicitation
As used in this section, “municipality,” “county,” and “metropolitan government” apply only to municipalities, counties, and metropolitan governments with a population greater than one hundred fifty thousand (150,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census. In any municipality, county, or metropolitan government, notwithstanding any charter provision, private act, or other provision […]
§ 12-3-1205. Cooperative Purchasing Agreements
Any municipality, county, utility district, or other local government of the state may participate in, sponsor, conduct or administer a cooperative purchasing agreement for the procurement of any supplies, services or construction with one (1) or more other local governments in accordance with an agreement entered into between the participants. Such cooperative purchasing may include, […]
§ 12-3-1206. Transfer of Assets for Fire Protection
Notwithstanding any other law, a county, municipality and metropolitan government may transfer the ownership of assets for fire protection purchased through or with the proceeds of federal, state or local grants to volunteer fire departments within such county, municipality or metropolitan area; provided, that such volunteer fire departments are registered as nonprofit organizations with the […]
§ 12-3-1207. Authorization to Use Competitive Sealed Proposals
Any municipality may use competitive sealed proposals to purchase goods and services rather than competitive sealed bids when the municipal governing body, acting under the restrictions and requirements of this section and a procurement code adopted by the governing body, determines that the use of competitive sealed bidding is either not practicable or not advantageous […]
§ 12-3-1106. Diversity Business Program Director — Annual Goals for Contracting With Businesses
The chief procurement officer, as director of the governor’s office of diversity business enterprises, shall appoint a diversity business program director to work in conjunction with the departments of general services, finance and administration, transportation, economic and community development and the state building commission to: Compile and maintain a comprehensive list of any minority-owned business, […]
§ 12-3-1107. Annual Report
The chief procurement officer shall annually report, on or before each December 31, to the governor and to each member of the general assembly concerning the awarding of purchases to minority-owned business, woman-owned business, service-disabled veteran-owned business, business owned by persons with disabilities, or small business and the total value of awards made during the […]
§ 12-3-1108. Preference to In-State Meat Producers by Departments and Agencies
All departments, agencies and institutions of state government that purchase meat, meat food products or meat by-products, as defined in § 53-7-202, with state funds shall give preference to producers located within the boundaries of this state when awarding contracts or agreements for the purchase of such meat or meat products, so long as the […]
§ 12-3-1109. Preference to In-State Meat Producers by Schools
All public education institutions using state funds to purchase meat, meat food products, or meat by-products, as defined in § 53-7-202, shall give preference in awarding contracts or agreements for the purchase of such meat or meat products to producers located within the boundaries of this state so long as the terms, conditions and quality […]
§ 12-3-1110. Preference to In-State Coal Mining Companies
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all state agencies, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, institutions of higher education, schools and all other state entities shall purchase coal mined in this state if such coal is available at a delivered price that is equal to or less than coal mined outside the state.