New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 34 - LOCAL PUBLIC AND PUBLIC SCHOOL CONTRACTS LAWS
Subchapter 7 - COOPERATIVE PURCHASING
Section 5:34-7.1 - Applicability and authority
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The rules in this subchapter shall be known as the Cooperative Purchasing Rules.
(b) These rules shall apply to all contracting units.
(c) This subchapter is adopted under the authority of P.L. 1999, c. 440 (40A:11-11) .
(d) Copies of all cooperative purchasing forms are available from the Division of Local Government Services at PO Box 803, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0803 or at the Division's website at http://www.nj.gov/dca/divisions/dlgs/programs/lpcl.html.
(e) When the lead agency of a cooperative pricing system, joint purchasing system or regional cooperative pricing system established and properly registered with the Division is a board of education or educational service commission the provision and performance of goods and services shall be conducted pursuant to the Public School Contracts Law (18A:18A-1 et seq.). All other lead agencies shall follow the Local Public Contracts Law (40A:11-1 et seq.).
(f) Boards of education as defined in 18A:18A-2 that pursue joint purchasing as described in 18A:18A-11 shall be subject to the rules set forth in this subchapter.