262.34A - BID REQUESTS AND TARGETED SMALL BUSINESS PROCUREMENT.
262.34A BID REQUESTS AND TARGETED SMALL BUSINESS
PROCUREMENT.
1. The state board of regents shall request bids and proposals
for materials, products, supplies, provisions, and other needed
articles to be purchased at public expense, from Iowa state
industries as defined in section 904.802, subsection 2, when the
articles are available in the requested quantity and at comparable
prices and quality.
2. Notwithstanding section 73.16, subsection 2, and due to the
high volume of bids issued by the board and the need to coordinate
bidding of three institutions of higher learning, the board shall
issue electronic bid notices for distribution to the targeted small
business internet site through internet links to each of the regents
institutions.
3. Notwithstanding section 73.17, the board shall notify the
director of the department of economic development of regents
institutions' targeted small business purchases on an annual basis.
Section History: Recent Form
92 Acts, ch 1246, § 38; 2006 Acts, ch 1051, §6; 2007 Acts, ch 207,
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