262.34A - BID REQUESTS AND TARGETED SMALL BUSINESS PROCUREMENT.

        262.34A  BID REQUESTS AND TARGETED SMALL BUSINESS
      PROCUREMENT.
         1.  The state board of regents shall request bids and proposals
      for materials, products, supplies, provisions, and other needed
      articles to be purchased at public expense, from Iowa state
      industries as defined in section 904.802, subsection 2, when the
      articles are available in the requested quantity and at comparable
      prices and quality.
         2.  Notwithstanding section 73.16, subsection 2, and due to the
      high volume of bids issued by the board and the need to coordinate
      bidding of three institutions of higher learning, the board shall
      issue electronic bid notices for distribution to the targeted small
      business internet site through internet links to each of the regents
      institutions.
         3.  Notwithstanding section 73.17, the board shall notify the
      director of the department of economic development of regents
      institutions' targeted small business purchases on an annual basis.
      
         Section History: Recent Form
         92 Acts, ch 1246, § 38; 2006 Acts, ch 1051, §6; 2007 Acts, ch 207,
      §11, 18