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Bill Text

S3473 

SENATE, No. 3473 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 12, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� JAMES BEACH

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

Senator� RAJ MUKHERJI

District 32 (Hudson)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Cryan

SYNOPSIS

���� Revises definition of �contracting unit� for 
government cooperative purchasing agreements. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning cooperative purchasing agreements entered 
into by government contracting units and amending P.L.1996, c.16.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Section 7 of P.L.1996, c.16 (C.52:34-6.2) 
is amended to read as follows:

���� 7. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any 
other law to the contrary except the provisions of R.S.30:4-95, and as an 
alternative to the procedures concerning the awarding of public contracts 
provided in P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-6 et seq.), the Director of the Division of 
Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury may enter into 
cooperative purchasing agreements with one or more other states, or political 
subdivisions thereof, for the purchase of goods and services. A cooperative 
purchasing agreement shall allow the jurisdictions which are parties thereto to 
standardize and combine their requirements for the purchase of a particular 
good or service into a single contract solicitation which shall be 
competitively bid and awarded by one of the jurisdictions on behalf of 
jurisdictions participating in the contract.

���� b. (1) The director may elect to purchase goods 
or services through a contract awarded pursuant to a cooperative purchasing 
agreement whenever the director determines this to be the most cost-effective 
method of procurement.� Prior to entering into any contract to be awarded or 
already awarded through a cooperative purchasing agreement, the director shall 
review and approve the specifications and proposed terms and conditions of the 
contract.

���� (2)�� The director may also elect to purchase 
goods or services through a contract awarded pursuant to a 
nationally-recognized and accepted cooperative purchasing agreement that has 
been developed utilizing a competitive bidding process, in which other states participate, 
whenever the director determines this to be the most cost-effective method of 
procurement.� Prior to entering into any contract to be awarded through a 
nationally-recognized and accepted cooperative purchasing agreement that has 
been developed utilizing a competitive bidding process, the director shall 
review and approve the specifications and proposed terms and conditions of the 
contract.

���� (3)�� Notwithstanding any other law to the 
contrary, any contracting unit authorized to purchase goods, or to contract for 
services, may make purchases and contract for services through the use of a 
nationally-recognized and accepted cooperative purchasing agreement that has 
been developed utilizing a competitive bidding process by another contracting 
unit within the State of New Jersey, or within any other state, when 
available.� Prior to making purchases or contracting for services, the 
contracting unit shall determine that the use of the cooperative purchasing 
agreement shall result in cost savings after all factors, including charges for 
service, material, and delivery, have been considered.

���� For purposes of this paragraph[,]: 

���� "contracting unit" means any [county, municipality, special district, school 
district, fire district] local 
unit, 
State college or university, public research university, county college, State 
authority or agency, or any board, commission, or committee, [authority or agency,] which is not a State board, commission, or committee, 
[authority or agency,] and which has administrative jurisdiction over any 
district, included or operating in whole or in part, within the territorial 
boundaries of any county or municipality which exercises functions which are 
appropriate for the exercise by one or more units of local government, and 
which has statutory power to make purchases and enter into contracts awarded by 
a contracting agent for the provision or performance of goods or services, and 
the New Jersey Transit Corporation created pursuant to P.L.1979, c.150 
(C.27:25-1 et seq.)[.]; and

���� �local unit� means any county, municipality, 
special district, school district, fire district, or any board, commission, 
committee, authority or agency thereof.

���� c.���� The director may solicit bids and award 
contracts on behalf of this State and other jurisdictions which are parties to 
a cooperative purchasing agreement provided that the agreement specifies that 
each jurisdiction participating in a contract is solely responsible for the 
payment of the purchase price and cost of purchases made by it under the terms 
of any contract awarded pursuant to the agreement.

���� d.��� The director may promul