(a) A public procurement unit may, upon written request from another public procurement unit or external procurement activity, provide personnel to the requesting public procurement unit or external procurement activity. The public procurement unit or external procurement activity making the request shall pay the public procurement unit providing the personnel the direct and indirect cost of furnishing the personnel, in accordance with an agreement between the parties.
(b) The informational, technical, and other services of a public procurement unit may be made available to another public procurement unit or external procurement activity except that the requirements of the public procurement unit tendering the services has precedence over the requesting public procurement unit or external procurement activity. The requesting public procurement unit or external procurement activity shall pay for the expenses of the services so provided, in accordance with an agreement between the parties.
(c) Upon request, the commissioner may make available to public procurement units or external procurement activities the following services, among others:
(1) standard forms;
(2) printed manuals;
(3) product specifications and standards;
(4) quality assurance testing services and methods;
(5) qualified products lists;
(6) source information;
(7) common use commodities listings;
(8) supplier performance ratings;
(9) lists of persons debarred or suspended from consideration for award of state contracts;
(10) forms for invitations for bids, requests for proposals, instructions to bidders, general contract provisions, and other contract forms; and
(11) contracts or published summaries of them, including price and time of delivery information.
(d) The commissioner may provide the following technical services, among others:
(1) development of product specifications;
(2) development of quality assurance test methods, including receiving, inspection, and acceptance procedures;
(3) use of product testing and inspection facilities; and
(4) use of personnel training programs.
(e) The commissioner may enter into contractual arrangements and publish a schedule of fees for the services provided under (c) and (d) of this section.
(f) [Repealed, Sec. 28 ch 90 SLA 1991].
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