State Bid Law

Contract Notice

ATTENTION: Important Notice Regarding ESD 112 Intergovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Agreement for Instructional Technology Equipment

1. Approval by the Governing Board

When a public agency enters into an Interlocal agreement, the agreement must be taken to the agency's governing body (such as the board of directors or the board of regents) for appropriate action before the agreement goes into effect. [RCW 39.34.030(2)]

Thus, Interlocal agreements are to be approved by the governing bodies of the public agencies by resolution, motion, or otherwise. We have included language in the Agreement confirming that the Agreement has been approved by the proper governing authority before it is executed by the Superintendent or by the President.

2. House Bill 2615

House Bill 2615 allows public agencies to piggyback off each other's bids, but only if the bidding agency complies with its statutory bidding requirements and either posted the bid or solicitation notice on a website established and maintained by a public agency, purchasing cooperative, or similar service provider, or provided an access link to the notice on the State of Washington's web portal. This bill became law in June 2004, and is codified as RCW 39.34.030(5)(b). We have included language in the Agreement to confirm that ESD 112 has complied with these requirements.

While the Interlocal Cooperation Act (Chapter 39.34 RCW), in the most general sense, allows public entities to enter into agreements with other public entities (both in and out of Washington), this precludes interlocal agreements with independent schools, which includes private and parochial schools.

3. Term of the Agreement

ESD 112 selected December 31, 2007, as the date certain for the termination of the 2007 Instructional Technology Bid. However, ESD 112 has extended the 2007 DigitalEdge contract until April 30 or sooner, and is preparing for the 2008 Bid.

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