Ariz. Admin. Code § R7-2-1008 - Procurement Consultants and Procurement Advisory Groups
A. The school district may contract with a
procurement consultant to assist in drafting specifications, in the development
of solicitations, or in the management of the procurement process. A
procurement consultant may provide guidance or advice to a procurement
evaluation committee, but shall not serve as a voting member of such committee.
For the purposes of this Section, a school district employee or a contracted
business manager or purchasing director for the school district is not a
procurement consultant.
B. The
school district may appoint procurement advisory groups or evaluation
committees to assist with respect to specifications, solicitation evaluations
or procurement in specific areas. Members of such procurement advisory groups
or evaluation committees are not procurement consultants as set forth in this
Section. Non-school district employees serving on such procurement advisory
groups or evaluation committees are not eligible to receive compensation but
are eligible for reimbursement of expenses consistent with the school
district's travel policy adopted pursuant to A.R.S. §
15-342(5).
C. A procurement consultant, a member of a
procurement advisory group, or a member of an evaluation committee who
participates in any aspect of a specific procurement shall be prohibited from
receiving any benefit directly or indirectly from a contract for such
procurement, and shall sign a procurement disclosure statement that the person
has no interest in the procurement other than that of a disclosed remote
interest, as defined in A.R.S. §
38-502,
will have no contact with any representative of a competing vendor related to
the particular procurement except those contacts specifically authorized by
these rules, and has not accepted any personal gift or benefit from a person or
vendor that has secured or has taken steps to secure a contract, purchase,
payment, claim or financial transaction with the school district or school
purchasing cooperative. The procurement disclosure statements shall be retained
in the procurement file.
D.
Specifications prepared by a procurement consultant or a procurement advisory
group shall comply with
R7-2-1010
through
R7-2-1016.
E. The school district shall not delegate to
a procurement consultant, a procurement advisory group, or an evaluation
committee the authority for the award or administration of any particular
contract, or over any dispute, claim or litigation pertaining thereto, and a
procurement consultant or a procurement advisory group shall not be authorized
to obligate the school district in any manner.
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