DIVISION 2. - CONTRACTS AND PURCHASING

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--- (8) --- State Law reference— Municipal purchasing, G.L. 1956, § 44-55-1 et seq.

Sec. 2-349. - Cooperative purchasing.#

The purchasing agent shall have the authority to join with other units of government in cooperative purchasing plans when the best interests of the city will be served thereby. The purchasing agent may establish intermunicipal agreements for joint purchasing of common-use items and may participate with the state division of purchases, department of administration, in contracts for the purchase of items necessary for the operation of the city, which items are in common usage to those procured by the state. The agent may also participate in collaborative and cooperative purchasing groups as approved by the State Attorney General's Office, as permitted by G.L. 1956, § 45-40.1-4(f). The city will be bound by such terms and conditions as the state purchasing division may prescribe and will be responsible for payment directly to the vendor under each purchase contract. Such purchases made under this section shall be excluded from the competitive bidding provisions of city law.

(Code 1994, § 2-157; Ord. of 6-14-1989, § 8-37; Ord. of 11-8-2021(3), § 1)