A. Under a cooperative purchasing agreement in which this state is a party, controversies arising between an administering public procurement unit and its bidders, offerors or contractors shall be resolved in accordance with article 9 of this chapter.

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 41-2635

  • Cooperative purchasing: means procurement conducted by, or on behalf of, more than one public procurement unit. See Arizona Laws 41-2631
  • Local public procurement unit: means any political subdivision, any agency, board, department or other instrumentality of such political subdivision and any nonprofit corporation created solely for the purpose of administering a cooperative purchase under this article. See Arizona Laws 41-2631
  • Public procurement unit: means either a local public procurement unit, the department, any other state or an agency of the United States. See Arizona Laws 41-2631

B. Any local public procurement unit which is not subject to article 9 of this chapter may enter into an agreement with a public procurement unit to establish procedures or use such unit’s existing procedures to resolve controversies with contractors, whether or not such controversy arose from a cooperative purchasing agreement.