ENROLLEDSFAHB692 4379 3688 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Regular Session HOUSEAmendmentsproposedbySenatorPricetoEngrossedHouseBillNo.692byRepresentative BILLBroussard AMENDMENT NO.

6921 BYIn REPRESENTATIVESenate BROUSSARDCommittee ANAmendment ACTNo. To enactR.S.

38:2212.1(Q)19 proposed by the Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and (R),Public relativeWorks toon localMay governmental11, subdivision2026 agreementsand withadopted qualifiedon groupMay purchasing12, organizations;2026, on page 2, line 15, change "completion" to "competition" Page 1 of 1

to provide for definitions;

to authorize local governmental subdivisions to purchase materials, equipment, supplies,orservicesthroughqualifiedgrouppurchasingorganizationsundercertain circumstances;to provideforsolesourceprocurementpurchases;andto providefor related matters.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:

Section 1.

R.S.

38:2212.1(Q) and (R) are herebyenacted to read as follows:

§2212.1.

Advertisement and letting to lowest responsible bidder;

materials and supplies;

exemptions * * * Q.(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law contained in this Part to the contrary, any local government subdivision, as defined in Article VI, Section 44(1) of the Constitution of Louisiana, may enter into an agreement with one or more qualified group purchasing organizations for the procurement of materials, equipment, supplies, or services, including any related installation.

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692 ENROLLED list for materials, equipment, supplies, or services that it offers.

The prices quoted on the list shall remain in effect for not less than three months.

Any such price list shall be considered to be a valid and binding bid by the qualified group purchasing organization during the effective period of the agreement, and no additional bid by the qualified group purchasing organization is necessary.

(2) The price list submitted bya qualified group purchasing organization is not a public record and shall not be available for public inspection.

The agreement establishing the price list and its effectivedate is, however, a public record,and that portion of the price list establishing the price of the materials, equipment, supplies, or services being procured shall become a public record at the time of opening of bidsorupontheexecutionofacontractfortheprocurementofmaterials,equipment, supplies, or services.

(3) As used in this Subsection, "qualified group purchasing organization" means an organization, whether for profit or not-for-profit, of which two or more of thelocalgovernmentalsubdivisionsasdescribedinParagraph(1)ofthisSubsection, areparticipatingorvotingmembersthereofandwhichsolicitproposalsorbidsfrom vendors of materials, equipment, supplies, or services of the type and nature as may be procured by any such department, agency, or nonprofit corporation.

A qualified group purchasing organization includes an external procurement activityas defined in R.S.

39:1556.

(4) Furthermore,anylocalgovernmentalsubdivisionmayprocurematerials, equipment, supplies, or services directly from or through a qualified group purchasing organization if either the price is less than that for the same or substantiallysimilar materials,equipment,supplies, orservicesonthestatecontract or bid list or if the same or substantially similar materials, equipment, supplies, or servicesarenotunderstatecontractoronthestatebidlist.

Nothingcontainedinthis Subsection shall be construed to authorize a local governmental subdivision to purchase materials, equipment, supplies, or services from or through an entity or vendor other than a qualified group purchasing organization as defined in this Subsection without using a procurement process otherwise provided bystate law.

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Acontractmaybeawardedforarequiredsupply,service,ormajorrepair without competition when, under regulations, the chief procurement officer or his designee above the level of procurement officer determines, in writing, that there is only one source for the required supply, service, or major repair item.

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:

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