Utah Admin. Code R33-121-301 - Discount Pricing for Large Volume Purchases for Items on State Contract
(1) Eligible users
of state cooperative contracts may seek to obtain additional volume discount
pricing for large volume orders provided state cooperative contractors are
willing to offer additional discounts for large volume orders.
(a) Eligible users may not coerce,
intimidate, or in any way compel vendors on state cooperative contracts to
offer additional discount pricing.
(b) Eligible users seeking additional pricing
discounts for large volume purchases shall issue a Request for Price Quotations
to each vendor on a state cooperative contract for the procurement item being
purchased.
(c) Executive branch
procurement units without independent procurement authority may contact the
division to issue the request for price quotations.
(d) The request for price quotations shall
include:
(i) a detailed description of the
procurement item;
(ii) the
estimated number or volume of procurement items that will be
purchased;
(iii) the time period
that price quotations will be accepted, including the date and time price
quotations will be opened;
(iv) the
manner in which price quotations will be accepted;
(v) the place where price quotations shall be
submitted; and
(vi) the time period
the price quotation must be guaranteed.
(2) The terms and conditions of the state
cooperative contract shall remain in effect unless the chief procurement
officer approves the modification.
(3) Eligible users may include additional
terms and conditions specific to the purchase of a procurement item from the
state cooperative contract that do not conflict with the state cooperative
contract terms and conditions.
(3)
This process may not be used for an anti-competitive practice such as:
(a) bid rigging;
(b) steering a contract to a preferred state
cooperative contractor;
(c)
utilizing auction techniques where price quotations are improperly disclosed
and contractors bid against each other's price;
(d) disclosing pricing or other confidential
information prior to the date and time of the opening; or
(e) any other practice prohibited by the Utah
Procurement Code.
(4)
Sales resulting from the quotations received under the process conducted in
accordance with Section
R33-121-301 shall be recorded as
usage under the existing state cooperative contract are subject to the
administrative fee associated with the state cooperative contract, and shall be
reported to the division.
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