{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-101-102","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 24-101-102","heading":"Purposes - rules of construction.","body":"(1) This code shall be construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.\n\n(2) The underlying purposes and policies of this code are:\n\n(a) To simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing procurement by the state of Colorado;\n\n(b) To provide for increased public confidence in the procedures followed in public procurement;\n\n(c) To ensure the fair and equitable treatment of all persons who deal with the procurement system of the state of Colorado;\n\n(d) To provide increased economy in state procurement activities and to maximize to the fullest extent practicable the purchasing value of public funds of the state of Colorado;\n\n(e) To foster effective broad-based competition within the free enterprise system; and\n\n(f) To provide safeguards for the maintenance of a procurement system of quality and integrity.","path":["Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE","Article 101 - Procurement Code - General Provisions","Part 1 - PURPOSES, CONSTRUCTION, AND APPLICATION"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-24.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"bf9cb34fa87ffb432df5fec63c9c7ae690d77f3863bb4997446a68e12d64b0af","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-101-101","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-101-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}