Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 34 - GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, PROCUREMENT AND PROPERTY CONTROL
Part V - Procurement
Chapter 27 - Intergovernmental Regulations
Section V-2705 - Cooperative Purchasing Agreement in Form of Open-Ended State Contract [Formerly LAC 34:I.2505]
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code V-2705
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A. Cooperative purchasing may include, but is not limited to, joint or multi-party contracts between public procurement units and open-ended state public procurement unit contracts which are made available to local public procurement units.
B. Any agreement between the state and a local public procurement unit entered into pursuant to R.S. 39:1702 which provides that certain open-ended state procurement contracts shall be available to the local public procurement unit, shall also provide that:
1.
the state shall conduct the procurement in compliance with the Louisiana
Procurement Code;
2. when the local
public procurement unit agrees to procure any supply or service under the state
contract, its requirements for such supply or service shall be obtained by
placing purchase orders against the appropriate state contract in accordance
with the terms and conditions of such contract;
3. payment for supplies or services ordered
by the local public procurement unit under state contracts shall be the
exclusive obligation of said local public procurement unit;
4. inspection and acceptance of supplies or
services ordered by the local public procurement unit under state contracts
shall be the exclusive obligation of said local public procurement
unit;
5. the state may terminate
the agreement for failure of the local public procurement unit to comply with
the terms of the contract or pay a contractor to whom the state has awarded an
open-ended contract;
6. the
exercise of any warranty rights attaching to supplies or services received by
the local public procurement unit under state contracts shall be the exclusive
obligation of said local public procurement unit; and
7. failure of a local public procurement unit
which is procuring supplies or services under a state contract to secure
performance from the contractor in accordance with the terms and conditions of
its purchase order will not necessarily require the state or any other local
publicprocurement unit to consider the default or to discontinue procuring
under the contract.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 39:1581.
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