{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-103-803","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 24-103-803","heading":"Nonprofit agencies - self-certified vendor list - creation.","body":"(1) Any nonprofit agency that is interested in performing state services and that would like to bid on solicitations for such services through the set aside program created in this part 8 shall first apply to the department, in a manner to be determined by the department, to become a self-certified vendor pursuant to this section.\n\n(2) The department shall accept applications from any nonprofit agency that seeks to become a self-certified vendor to bid on certain services solicitations. In order for a nonprofit agency to become a self-certified vendor, the nonprofit agency shall certify that:\n\n(a) The nonprofit agency is an independent tax-exempt charitable or social welfare organization operating under section 501 (c)(3) of the federal \"Internal Revenue Code of 1986\", as amended, and is operating in Colorado;\n\n(b) Repealed.\n\n(c) The nonprofit agency satisfies the statutory requirements to be eligible to bid on a state services solicitation pursuant to section 24-103-401 and any rules promulgated by the department of personnel in furtherance of said section;\n\n(d) The nonprofit agency would be capable of hiring and would employ people to perform any service for which the nonprofit agency bids, and that of those people employed a total of seventy-five percent would be persons with severe disabilities and a minimum of twenty percent would be persons with severe disabilities who have developmental disabilities as defined in section 25.5-10-202, C.R.S.; and\n\n(e) Any other criteria consistent with the purposes of this part 8 that are deemed necessary by the department.\n\n(3) The department shall create and maintain a list of all nonprofit agencies that have attained self-certified vendor status and shall make the list available to the department of personnel pursuant to rules promulgated by the executive director.\n\n(4) A nonprofit agency's self-certified vendor status is valid for up to five years after the date that the nonprofit agency's self-certification application was approved. A nonprofit agency is required to reapply to the department, at a time and in a manner determined by the department, for self-certified vendor status to be eligible to respond to a set aside solicitation pursuant to this part 8.\n\n(5) (a) Nothing in this part 8 shall be construed to require a nonprofit agency that seeks to respond to services solicitations to become a self-certified vendor; except that a nonprofit agency shall not be eligible to bid for a set aside solicitation pursuant to this part 8 unless the nonprofit agency is self-certified pursuant to this section.\n\n(b) Nothing in this part 8 shall be construed to prevent a nonprofit agency from bidding on any state agency solicitation that is not a set aside solicitation pursuant to this part 8.","path":["Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE","Article 103 - Source Selection and Contract Formation","Part 8 - SET ASIDES IN STATE PROCUREMENT FOR ALL PERSONS WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES"],"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":"7fa5c61b05bd61ff0aac12f3dd138fe386d6ded3fd68174be28d105440fe6071","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-103-802","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-103-804"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}