KRS 45A.420: Cooperative purchasing -- Price agreements with Commonwealth -- Use of

established pricing method -- School districts.

(1) Any local public agency may enter into an agreement for cooperative purchasing

with any other local public agency. When the contracting local public agency

contracts for supplies, services or construction pursuant to KRS 45A.365, 45A.370,

45A.375, or 45A.380, all other parties to the agreement shall be deemed to have

complied with the provisions of those sections.

(2) Nothing in KRS 45A.345 to 45A.990 shall deprive a local public agency from

negotiating with vendors for supplies where such supplies are the subject of a price

agreement with the Commonwealth of Kentucky provided, however, that no

contract executed under this section would authorize a price higher than is

contained in the price agreement with the Commonwealth of Kentucky for such

specific supplies.

(3) For agreements that do not establish a fixed unit price, a local public agency may

make purchases using an est ablished discount, quote, formula, or other pricing

method as established by the Commonwealth in the agreement. A local public

agency shall retain records documenting its compliance with the procedures

required in the applicable agreement.

(4) Nothing in K RS 45A.345 to 45A.990 shall deprive a local school district from

acquiring supplies outside of price agreements with the Commonwealth of

Kentucky if the supplies meet the same specifications as the contract items and the

supplies are purchased at a lower price than is contained in the price agreement with

the Commonwealth of Kentucky for such specific supplies and the purchase does

not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).