Montana Code 2-18-711. Cooperative purchasing of employee benefit services and insurance products — procedures
2-18-711. Cooperative purchasing of employee benefit services and insurance products — procedures. (1) To provide employee group benefits, an agency, as defined in 2-18-601, and the state compensation insurance fund may participate with other agencies, nonprofit organizations, or business entities and in voluntary disability insurance purchasing pools provided for under 33-22-1815 if the agency or the state fund determines that cooperative purchasing is in the agency’s or the state fund’s best interest.
Terms Used In Montana Code 2-18-711
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(2)Cooperative purchases under this section may be conducted according to purchasing procedures developed by the participating parties if, for contracts valued at $20,000 a year or more, purchasing procedures, at a minimum, include:
(a)public notice in three major Montana newspapers of requirements for submitting bids or offers; and
(b)consideration of all submitted bids or offers.
(3)For purposes of this section, “employee” also means a schoolteacher or a member of the instructional or scientific staff of a community college.