Sec. 4a-66. (Formerly Sec. 4-25). Acquisition of federal property. Contracts with federal agencies concerning health services. Exemption from statutes or municipal charter. Purchasing from federal con
Sec. 4a-66. (Formerly Sec. 4-25). Acquisition of federal property. Contracts
with federal agencies concerning health services. Exemption from statutes or municipal charter. Purchasing from federal contractors. (a) The state, through the Commissioner of Administrative Services, or any political subdivision thereof, through the
officer or agent legally authorized to make purchases on its behalf, may enter into any
contract with the United States government or any federal agency for the purchase, lease
or other acquisition of any equipment, supplies, materials or other property or for the
purchase, sale or exchange of, or other cooperation concerning, services related to medicine or health. No provision of the statutes or of any municipal charter concerning the
inviting of competitive bids, public advertising for bids or of expenditures, the delivery
of purchases before payment, or any other provision which may result in disadvantage
or loss of opportunity to such state agency or subdivision in such transactions with
the federal government, shall apply to transactions made under the provisions of this
subsection. Any municipality desiring to enter into any such contract may do so only
after the acceptance of the applicable provisions of this section at a meeting of such
municipality warned and held for the purpose.
(b) The state, through the Commissioner of Administrative Services and pursuant
to Public Law 103-355, may purchase equipment, supplies, materials, information technology services or other property or services from a person who has a contract to sell such
property to a department, agency or instrumentality of the United States government, in
accordance with the terms and conditions of said contract.
(1949 Rev., S. 263; P.A. 77-111, S. 1, 2; 77-614, S. 135, 610; P.A. 96-176, S. 3; P.A. 08-19, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 77-111 allowed contracting with federal agencies for services related to medicine or health; P.A. 77-614
replaced director of purchases with commissioner of administrative services; Sec. 4-25 transferred to Sec. 4a-66 in 1989;
P.A. 96-176 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), inserted "Government" in Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re
purchasing from federal contractors; P.A. 08-19 amended Subsec. (b) to include references to information technology
services and other services, effective April 29, 2008.