Idaho Bills

Amends existing law to provide that a sole source declaration may be without an emergency declaration.

This legislation makes a technical correction to address a lack of clarity in current code. State law allows local governmental entities to make sole-source purchases under limited circumstances, such as there being only one available vendor or there being only one available product or purchasing mass-produced materials. However, since the relevant code is in the same section as other requirements for emergency purchases, it gives the mistaken impression that an emergency must be declared by a governing board or council before a sole-source purchase can be made. This law amends state code to clarify that an emergency is not required to make a sole-source purchase as long as the local governmental entity meets the other requirements for a sole-source purchase.

Adds to and repeals existing law to provide for cooperative purchasing.

This bill repeals and replaces procurement statute Idaho Code § 67-2807 related to political subdivision. Modifications include changes to cooperative purchasing processes.