A cooperative joint purchasing program shall be established for the
year 1975 and thereafter pursuant to the authority granted by pertinent acts
of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey and the terms set forth herein and agreed to by the participating
municipalities.
The materials to be purchased cooperatively shall include motor gasoline,
fuel oil, rock salt, snow grits and such other items as two or more of the
participants in the program determine can be purchased on a joint cooperative
basis.
A single advertisement for bids for the materials to be purchased shall
be placed on behalf of all of the participants desiring to purchase any item
by one party in the program selected by said participants.
The party selected to advertise for bids shall receive the bids on behalf
of all the participants. Following the receipt of bids, said selected party
shall, after review of the bids with the other participants, make one award
to the lowest responsible bidder for each separate item on behalf of all of
the participating agencies.
After the award of bids, each agency shall order materials when needed
in quantities required. Successful bidders shall bill the agencies separately
for materials received, and payments shall be made directly to the bidder
by each agency. No participants in the program shall be responsible for payment
for any materials to be used by any other participating municipality.
A separate agreement providing the detailed procedures for the administration
of the cooperative joint purchasing program shall be executed by each of the
participating municipalities.
All purchases, contracts or agreements made pursuant to a joint purchasing
agreement shall be subject to all the terms and conditions of N.J.S.A. 40A:11-10
et seq.