(1) Any public purchasing unit is authorized, within its discretion, upon written request from another public purchasing unit or foreign purchasing activity, to provide personnel to the requesting public purchasing unit or foreign purchasing activity. Payment to the public purchasing unit providing the personnel, by the public purchasing unit or foreign purchasing activity making the request, of direct and indirect costs of furnishing the personnel, and the terms relating thereto shall be agreed upon by the parties involved.
(2) The informational, technical, and other services of any public purchasing unit may be made available to any other public purchasing unit or foreign purchasing activity provided that the requirements of the public purchasing unit tendering the services shall have precedence over the requesting public purchasing unit or foreign purchasing activity. Additionally, and subject to agreement between the parties, the requesting public purchasing unit or foreign purchasing activity shall pay all of the expenses of the services so provided.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 45A.305

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Foreign: when applied to a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, business trust, statutory trust, or limited liability company, includes all those incorporated or formed by authority of any other state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(3) This Commonwealth, through the Finance and Administration Cabinet, upon request may make available to all public purchasing units the following services, among others:
(a) Standard forms; (b) Printed manuals;
(c) Product specifications and standards;
(d) Quality assurance testing services and methods; (e) Qualified products lists;
(f) Source information;
(g) Common use commodities listings;
(h) Supplier prequalification information; (i) Supplier performance ratings;
(j) Debarred and suspended bidders list;
(k) Forms for invitations for bids, requests for proposals, instructions to bidders, general contract provisions, and other contract forms; and
(l) Contracts or published summaries thereof, including price and time of delivery information.
(4) The Commonwealth, through the Finance and Administration Cabinet, may provide the following technical services, among others:
(a) Development of products specifications;
(b) Development of quality assurance test methods, including receiving, inspection, and acceptance procedures;
(c) Use of state product testing and inspection facilities; and
(d) Use of state personnel training programs.
(5) The Finance and Administration Cabinet may publish a schedule of fees for the services provided under subsections (3) and (4) of this section.
Effective: July 15, 1982
History: Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 393, sec. 32, effective July 15, 1982. — Created
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 110, sec. 61, effective January 1, 1980.