Any public procurement unit may enter into an agreement independent of the requirements of Articles 5 and 15 of this chapter with any other public procurement unit for the cooperative use of supplies, services, or information technology under the terms agreed upon between the parties; provided, that such cooperative use of supplies, services, or information technology shall take place only when the public procurement units have good reason to expect the cooperative use to be more cost effective than utilizing their own supplies and services.
S.C. Code Ann. § 11-35-4840
Cooperative use of supplies or services
Known as the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code
The act spans §§ 11–11 (143 sections).
1981 Act No. 148, SECTION 1; 1982 Act No. 431, SECTION 3; 1997 Act No. 153, SECTION 1; 2019 Act No. 41 (S.530), SECTION 68, eff May 13, 2019.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.