Section 18.1297 - Priority of selection; specifications; sale of goods and services to other governmental agencies or private businesses.
THE MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 431 of 1984
18.1297 Priority of selection; specifications; sale of goods and services to other governmental agencies or private businesses.
Sec. 297.
(1) For the purposes of initially identifying those goods or services or both to be provided by sheltered workshops and work activity centers, first priority of selection shall be given to those goods or services or both currently purchased by the department from commercial businesses outside this state. Following the first year and thereafter, priority of selection shall be given those goods or services or both purchased from commercial businesses within this state. If upon review of the current bids or fair market price of both priorities of goods or services or both, the committee finds that sheltered workshops and work activity centers can provide equal goods or services to the department within current bids or fair market price, then those goods or services or both shall be set aside for the exclusive provision by sheltered workshops and work activity centers for purchase by the purchasing division of the department.
(2) All goods and services purchased by the department from sheltered workshops and work activity centers shall meet the specifications regarding quality, function, and quantity established and published by the department.
(3) This section does not prevent sheltered workshops and work activity centers from selling goods and services to other governmental agencies or private businesses of their choosing.
History: 1984, Act 431, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Popular Name: Act 431
Popular Name: DMB