Alabama § 41-4-171 - Cooperative Purchasing Agreement for Certain Supplies or Services.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 41-4-171 — Cooperative Purchasing Agreement for Certain Supplies or Services., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 41-4-171. Cooperative Purchasing Agreement for Certain Supplies or Services.
(a) A public procurement unit that is governed by this article may either participate in, sponsor, conduct, or administer a cooperative purchasing agreement for the procurement of any supplies or services with one or more public procurement units in accordance with an agreement entered into between the participants. The cooperative purchasing agreement may include joint or multi-party contracts between public procurement units and open-ended public procurement unit contracts that are made available to other public procurement units.
(b) All cooperative purchasing conducted under this division shall be through contracts awarded using source selection methods substantially equivalent to those specified in Division 3.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 41-4-171 ("Cooperative Purchasing Agreement for Certain Supplies or Services.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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