Colorado Revised Statutes Title 24. Government State § 24-103-803. Nonprofit agencies--self-certified vendor list--creation

(a) The nonprofit agency is an independent tax-exempt charitable or social welfare organization operating under section 501(c)(3) of the federal “Internal Revenue Code of 1986”, as amended, and is operating in Colorado;

(b) Repealed by Laws 2017, Ch. 99, § 25, eff. Aug. 9, 2017.

(c) The nonprofit agency satisfies the statutory requirements to be eligible to bid on a state services solicitation pursuant to section 24-103-401 and any rules promulgated by the department of personnel in furtherance of said section;

(d) The nonprofit agency would be capable of hiring and would employ people to perform any service for which the nonprofit agency bids, and that of those people employed a total of seventy-five percent would be persons with severe disabilities and a minimum of twenty percent would be persons with severe disabilities who have developmental disabilities as defined in section 25.5-10-202, C.R.S.; and

(e) Any other criteria consistent with the purposes of this part 8 that are deemed necessary by the department.

(5)(a) Nothing in this part 8 shall be construed to require a nonprofit agency that seeks to respond to services solicitations to become a self-certified vendor; except that a nonprofit agency shall not be eligible to bid for a set aside solicitation pursuant to this part 8 unless the nonprofit agency is self-certified pursuant to this section.

(b) Nothing in this part 8 shall be construed to prevent a nonprofit agency from bidding on any state agency solicitation that is not a set aside solicitation pursuant to this part 8.