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156.076 Price contracts information to be furnished district boards -- Purchase conditions.

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156.076 Price contracts information to be furnished district boards -- Purchase conditions. The chief state school officer shall furnish full information on established price contracts <br>to each district board of education. Any board of education may purchase supplies and <br>equipment from the vendor to whom the contract has been awarded, under the terms of <br>the contract. Any board of education may advertise for its own bids on supplies and <br>equipment which meet the specifications of the contracts awarded by the Office of <br>Material and Procurement Services in the Office of the Controller. Any board of <br>education, after advertising for bids, may award contracts if the chief state school officer <br>certifies that the bid offers supplies and equipment which meet the standards and <br>specifications fixed by the Kentucky Board of Education and that the bid price is lower <br>than that established by the price contract agreement. If supplies and equipment that meet <br>the specifications of the contracts awarded by the Office of Material and Procurement <br>Services or a federal, local, or cooperative agency are available for purchase elsewhere, a <br>board of education may purchase those supplies and equipment without advertising for <br>bids. However, prior to making the purchases, the board of education shall obtain <br>certification from: <br>(1) The Department of Education for technology components defined in the master plan for education technology for which standards have been established by the <br>Kentucky Board of Education. The department shall certify that the items to be <br>purchased meet or exceed, at a lower cost, the specifications of the components of <br>the original equipment of manufacturers currently holding Kentucky education <br>technology system price contracts; and (2) The district's finance officer for supplies and equipment other than that described in subsection (1) of this section. He shall certify that the items to be purchased meet <br>the standards and specifications fixed by state price contract, federal (GSA) price <br>contract, the local school district's bid, or the bid of another school district whose <br>bid specifications allow other districts to utilize their bids, and that the sales price is <br>lower than that established by the price contract agreement or available through the <br>bidding process and the price does not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars <br>(&#36;2,500). Effective: June 20, 2005 <br>History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 590, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 9, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 89, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1996; and ch. 362, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1996. -- <br>Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. IV, sec. 129, effective July 13, 1990. -- <br>Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 82, effective June 17, 1978. -- Created 1962 <br>Ky. Acts ch. 244, Art. II, sec. 7.