1. A. Consolidated Requirements. The preferred form of intergovernmental cooperative purchasing is when participating governmental entities aggregate their common requirements for purposes of maximizing economies of scale when soliciting bids or proposals. Under this form:

   1. (1) Each participating governmental entity agrees to procure its respective requirements from the successful bidder or offeror; and
   2. (2) A lead jurisdiction conducts the procurement on behalf of all participants and either a master contract award or awards will be made by the lead jurisdiction on behalf of all participants, or, if stated in the solicitation, each participant may elect to award its own contract or contracts pursuant to the criteria stated in the invitation for bids or request for proposals.
2. B. Except as prohibited under §C of this regulation, a primary procurement unit may purchase its requirements from another governmental entity's contract if that contract is an intergovernmental cooperative purchasing agreement and is available for use by the primary procurement unit.
3. C. Federal Contracts. A primary procurement unit may contract with a vendor that has a current contract with the federal government or an agency or instrumentality of the federal government, if the vendor agrees to provide the unit with identical prices, terms, and conditions as stipulated in the federal contract.

Authority: State Finance and Procurement Article, §§12-101, 13-102, 13-110, and 14-303, Annotated Code of Maryland; Ch. 774, Acts of 2017

Effective date: October 5, 1998 (25:20 Md. R. 1533)

Regulation .01B amended effective October 18, 1999 (26:21 Md. R. 1631); January 22, 2001 (28:1 Md. R. 27); March 12, 2007 (34:5 Md. R. 562); July 23, 2012 (39:14 Md. R. 839); June 29, 2020 (47:13 Md. R. 643)

Regulation .03C amended effective April 11, 2005 (32:7 Md. R. 685)

Regulation .04 amended effective March 11, 2019 (46:5 Md. R. 310)

Regulation .05 amended effective March 11, 2019 (46:5 Md. R. 310); April 29, 2024 (51:8 Md. R. 369)

Regulation .07 amended effective June 29, 2020 (47:13 Md. R. 643)

Regulation .08A amended effective September 18, 2023 (50:18 Md. R. 800)

Regulation .08B amended effective March 11, 2019 (46:5 Md. R. 310)