§ 35.42 COOPERATIVE PURCHASING.
   (A)   Purchasing agreements. In an effort to obtain more advantageous pricing and timing, the town may either participate in, sponsor, conduct or administer a cooperative purchasing agreement for the procurement of any supplies, services or construction with one or more public procurement units in accordance with an agreement entered into between the participants. Such cooperative purchasing may include, but is not limited to, joint or multiparty contracts between public procurement units, and open- ended state public procurement unit contracts which are made available to other public procurement units.
   (B)   Sale, acquisition or use of supplies. The town may sell to, acquire from or use any supplies belonging to another public procurement unit independent of the requirements of §§ 35.35 and 35.38 of this chapter.
   (C)   Cooperative use of supplies and services. The town may enter into an agreement, independent of the requirements of § 35.36 of this chapter, with any other public procurement unit for the cooperative use of supplies or services, under the terms agreed upon between the parties.
   (D)   Joint use of facilities. The town may enter into agreements for the common use or lease of warehousing facilities, capital equipment and other facilities with another public procurement unit under the terms agreed upon between the parties.
(Ord. 20-12, passed 10-27-2020)