Definitions set forth in this section shall govern the construction of sections 2-38.1 through 2-42:
(a)
Cooperative Agreement
means an agreement from cooperative purchasing efforts extending the same pricing,
terms and conditions to public procurement unit. Commonly referred to as "Piggybacking".
(b)
Cooperative Purchasing
means procurement conducted by, or on behalf of, one or more public procurement units,
as defined in this section.
(c)
Emergency
shall be deemed to exist if personal property or contractual services are needed without
undue delay for the preservations of life or property or to prevent the breakdown
of a county or district service at a substantial expense to the county or to a district
and if the services of the purchasing agent are not immediately available for any
reasonable cause whatsoever.
(d)
External Procurement Activity
means any buying organization not located in this state which, if located in this
state, would qualify as a public procurement unit. Agencies of the United States and
of any other state in the United States of America are external procurement activities.
(e)
Local Public Procurement Unit
means any county, city, town, and any other subdivision of the state or public agency
of any such subdivision, public authority, educational, health, district, or other
institution, and to the extent provided by law, any other entity which expends public
funds for the procurement of materials, supplies, furnishings, equipment, services,
environmentally preferable products, recycled products, livestock, or other personal
property.
(f)
Public Procurement Unit
means any one of the following:
(1)
A local public procurement unit.
(2)
An external procurement activity.
(3)
A state public procurement unit.
(g)
State Public Procurement Unit
means any and all units of state government which are authorized to carry out procurement
functions for the state government.
