Senate Bill No. 303, known as the "Interstate Technology Collaboration Act," amends the Louisiana Procurement Code to expand the scope of cooperative purchasing agreements to include information technology services and systems. The bill allows public procurement units to engage in cooperative purchasing for a variety of services, including supplies, personal services, and now specifically information technology services and systems. This addition aims to streamline the procurement process for technology-related needs, facilitating collaboration among public entities.

The bill also clarifies that cooperative purchasing can include contracts between public procurement units and external procurement activities, allowing access to existing information technology systems in exchange for a share of the associated costs. Notably, it exempts public procurement units from the requirement to conduct a separate competitive procurement process for these technology services, provided that the external procurement activity originally acquired the system through a competitive process. The act will take effect upon the governor's signature or after the lapse of time for gubernatorial action.

Statutes affected:
SB303 Original: 39:1702(A)(1)
SB303 Engrossed: 39:1702(A)(1)
SB303 Reengrossed: 39:1702(A)(1)