The city may participate in, sponsor, conduct, or administer a cooperative purchasing agreement for the procurement of any materials, services, professional services, construction or construction services with one or more eligible procurement units in accordance with an agreement entered into between the participants. An agreement entered into as provided in this article is exempt from {A.R.S.] section 11-952, subsections D, E and F. Parties under a cooperative purchasing agreement may:
Sec. 28-129(1). Sponsor, conduct or administer a cooperative agreement for the procurement or disposal of any materials, services, or construction.
Sec. 28-129(2). Cooperatively use materials or services.
Sec. 28-219(3). Commonly use or share warehousing facilities, capital equipment and other facilities.
Sec. 28-129(4). Provide personnel, except that the requesting eligible procurement unit may pay the public procurement unit providing the personnel the direct and indirect cost of providing the personnel, in accordance with the agreement.
Sec. 28-129(5). On request, make available to other eligible public procurement units informational, technical or other services that may assist in improving the efficiency or economy of procurement. The public procurement unit furnishing the informational or technical services has the right to request reimbursement for the reasonable and necessary costs of providing such services.
The activities described in paragraphs (1) through (5) do not limit the activities of parties under a cooperative purchasing agreement.
(Ord. No. 10404, § 1, 5-15-07; Ord. No. 11296, § 1, 8-5-15)