The committee shall do the following:
- (1) Request from any agency of the state or any unit of local government information concerning product specification and service requirements to enable the committee to carry out the intent of this chapter. The requested information shall be furnished to the executive secretary of the committee.
- (2) Meet as often as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. However, the committee shall meet at least quarterly.
- (3) Request from each participating qualified nonprofit agency for persons with severe disabilities a quarterly report that describes employment data and the volume of sales for each product or service sold under this chapter. These reports shall be made available to the Indiana department of administration.
- (4) Establish the price for all products and services provided by persons with severe disabilities and offered for sale to state agencies and units of local government under IC 5-22-13 that the committee determines are suitable for use. The price fixed must recover for the qualified nonprofit agency for persons with severe disabilities the cost of raw materials, labor, overhead, and delivery cost. The committee shall periodically revise the prices in accordance with changing cost factors and adopt necessary rules regarding specifications, time of delivery, and fair market price.
- (5) Approve and prepare a publication that lists all products and services available from any qualified nonprofit agency for persons with severe disabilities that the committee determines are suitable for procurement. The procurement list and revisions of the procurement list shall be distributed to all purchasing officers of state agencies and units of local government for purchase under IC 5-22-13 .
- (6) Encourage diversity in products and services provided by qualified nonprofit agencies for persons with severe disabilities and discourage unnecessary duplication or competition between facilities.
(7) Update the state use catalog not less than every ninety (90) days starting January 1 of each year. The web based electronic version shall be considered the catalog of record.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-7-11.5-2(b).]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.23-1993, SEC.63; P.L.192-1995, SEC.2; P.L.49-1997, SEC.51; P.L.46-2007, SEC.5.