Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-85.3A: Exempted entities - State purchasing contracts advisory

committee.

A. Compliance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Central

Purchasing Act shall not be required of:

1. County government;

2. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the

institutions, centers or other constituent agencies of The Oklahoma

State System of Higher Education;

3. The telecommunications network known as OneNet;

4. The Department of Public Safety gun range;

5. The State Treasurer for the following purchases:

a. services including, but not limited to, legal services

to assist in the administration of the Uniform

Unclaimed Property Act, as provided in Section 668 of

Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and

b. software, hardware and associated services to assist

in the administration of funds and securities held by

the state, as provided in Section 71.2 of Title 62 of

the Oklahoma Statutes;

6. Statutorily allowed interagency agreements between state

agencies;

7. The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, in accordance

with Section 63.22 of Title 72 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

8. The Oklahoma Military Department for the purchases of

heraldry items including, but limited to, medals, badges and other

military accoutrements;

9. A transaction, wholly funded by monies other than state-

derived funds, in which a state agency functions only as a pass-

through conduit to fund an acquisition that is required by the

funding source for the benefit of another entity or individuals and

the state agency does not retain ownership of any part of the

acquisition as a result of the transaction; or

10. The Secretary of State when selecting a vendor for

publication of the Oklahoma Statutes in accordance with Section 13

of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. The State Purchasing Director may form an advisory committee

consisting of representatives from entities exempted from the

provisions of the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act. The purpose of

the committee shall be to allow committee members to provide input

into the development of shared state purchasing contracts,

collaboratively participate in the integration of their purchasing

platforms or electronic purchasing catalogs, analyze solutions that

may be used by state government to meet the purchasing needs of the

entities, explore joint purchases of general use items that result

in mutual procurement of quality goods and services at the lowest

reasonable cost and explore flexibility, administrative relief and

transformation changes through utilization of procurement

technology.

C. At the invitation of the State Purchasing Director entities

exempted from the provisions of the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act

shall participate in the advisory committee referenced in subsection

B of this section.

D. The State Purchasing Director may invite representatives of

political subdivisions, and local common education entities to

participate as members of the advisory committee.