Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-808

  • Cooperative purchasing: means procurement conducted by a public or external procurement unit with one or more public procurement units, external procurement units, or nonprofit private procurement units, pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-801
  • External procurement unit: means any buying organization not located in this State which, if located in this State, would qualify as a public procurement unit. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-801
  • Procurement: means buying, purchasing, renting, leasing, or otherwise acquiring any good, service, or construction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-104
  • Public procurement unit: means either a local public procurement unit or a state public procurement unit. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 103D-801

Where the public procurement unit or external procurement unit administering a cooperative purchase complies with the requirements of this chapter, any public procurement unit participating in the purchase shall be considered to have complied with this chapter. Public procurement units shall not enter into a cooperative purchasing agreement for the purpose of circumventing this chapter.