(a) Public procurement unit subject to certain legal and contractual remedies.--Under a cooperative purchasing agreement, controversies arising between an administering public procurement unit subject to Chapter 17 (relating to legal and contractual remedies) and its bidders, offerors or contractors shall be resolved in accordance with Chapter 17.
(b) Local public procurement unit not subject to certain legal and contractual remedies.--Any local public procurement unit which is not subject to Chapter 17 is authorized to:
(1) Enter into an agreement with the Board of Claims to use the board to resolve controversies between the local public procurement unit and its contractors, whether or not the controversy arose from a cooperative purchasing agreement.
(2) Enter into an agreement with another local public procurement unit or external procurement activity to establish procedures or use existing procedures of the unit or activity to resolve controversies with contractors, whether or not the controversy arose under a cooperative purchasing agreement.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 19 - Intergovernmental Relations
Section 1902 - Cooperative purchasing authorized
Section 1903 - Sale, acquisition or use of supplies by a public procurement unit
Section 1904 - Cooperative use of supplies or services
Section 1905 - Joint use of facilities
Section 1906 - Supply of personnel, information and technical services
Section 1907 - Use of payments received by a supplying public procurement unit
Section 1908 - Compliance of public procurement units
Section 1909 - Review of procurement requirements
Section 1910 - Contract controversies
Section 1912 - Investment management agreements
Section 1913 - Cooperative purchase of fire, rescue and ambulance company supplies