KRS 156.076: Price contracts information to be furnished district boards -- Purchase

conditions.

The chief state school officer shall furnish full information on established price contracts

to each district board of education. Any board of education may purchase s upplies and

equipment from the vendor to whom the contract has been awarded, under the terms of

the contract. Any board of education may advertise for its own bids on supplies and

equipment which meet the specifications of the contracts awarded by the Offi ce of

Material and Procurement Services in the Office of the Controller. Any board of

education, after advertising for bids, may award contracts if the chief state school officer

certifies that the bid offers supplies and equipment which meet the standards and

specifications fixed by the Kentucky Board of Education and that the bid price is lower

than that established by the price contract agreement. If supplies and equipment that meet

the specifications of the contracts awarded by the Office of Material an d Procurement

Services or a federal, local, or cooperative agency are available for purchase elsewhere, a

board of education may purchase those supplies and equipment without advertising for

bids. However, prior to making the purchases, the board of educat ion shall obtain

certification from:

(1) The Department of Education for technology components defined in the master plan

for education technology for which standards have been established by the

Kentucky Board of Education. The department shall certify th at the items to be

purchased meet or exceed, at a lower cost, the specifications of the components of

the original equipment of manufacturers currently holding Kentucky education

technology system price contracts; and

(2) The district's finance officer for supplies and equipment other than that described in

subsection (1) of this section. He shall certify that the items to be purchased meet

the standards and specifications fixed by state price contract, federal (GSA) price

contract, the local school distric t's bid, or the bid of another school district whose

bid specifications allow other districts to utilize their bids, and that the sales price is

lower than that established by the price contract agreement or available through the

bidding process and the pr ice does not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars

($2,500).