1. (1) Except as provided under R131-4-425(3) below, notwithstanding any provision in R131-4 to the contrary, the board or executive director shall purchase goods and services produced by a community rehabilitation program using the preferred procurement contract list approved under Section 63G-6-425(2)(b)(iii) if:

   1. (a) the good or service offered for sale by a community rehabilitation program reasonably conforms to the needs and specifications of the board;
   2. (b) the community rehabilitation program can supply the good or service within a reasonable time; and
   3. (c) the price of the good or service is reasonably competitive with the cost of procuring the good or service from another source.

2. (2) In accordance with Section 63G-6-425, each community rehabilitation program:

   1. (a) may submit a bid to the Persons with Disabilities Advisory Board at any time and not necessarily in response to a request for bids; and
   2. (b) shall certify on any bid it submits to the Persons with Disabilities Advisory Board, the Board or executive director that it is claiming a preference under Section 63G-6-425.
3. (3) During a fiscal year, the requirement for the board or executive director to purchase goods and services produced by a community rehabilitation program under the preferred procurement list under Section 63G-6-425(4) does not apply if the Division of Purchasing and General Services determines that the total amount of procurement contracts with community rehabilitation programs has reached $5 million for that fiscal year.
4. (4) In the case of conflict between a purchase under R131-4-425 and a purchase under R131-4-423, R131-4-425 prevails.

KEY: contracts, public buildings, procurement

Date of Last Change: July 22, 2014

Notice of Continuation: December 26, 2025

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 63C-9-301