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Committee approves expansion of cooperative purchasing to include installation costs
Summary
House Bill 481 was approved to allow cooperative purchasing agreements to include installation of purchased products, intended to reduce separate bidding for installation and help local governments and school systems complete small purchases more efficiently.
The State Government committee approved House Bill 481 to permit cooperative purchasing agreements to include installation services for products procured through those agreements.
Sponsor testimony described cooperative purchasing as pre-negotiated contracts that let local governments buy goods at preapproved prices without undertaking a…
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