A.R.S. § 41-2635: Contract controversies

A. Under a cooperative purchasing agreement in which this state is a party, controversies arising between an administering public procurement unit and its bidders, offerors or contractors shall be resolved in accordance with article 9 of this chapter.

B. Any local public procurement unit which is not subject to article 9 of this chapter may enter into an agreement with a public procurement unit to establish procedures or use such unit's existing procedures to resolve controversies with contractors, whether or not such controversy arose from a cooperative purchasing agreement.