Colorado Revised Statutes Title 24. Government State § 24-30-2002. Contracts for energy analysis and recommendations

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, and in accordance with section 24-30-1104(2), where applicable, a state agency may contract with any entity or person experienced in the design and implementation of energy conservation for an energy analysis and recommendations pertaining to measures that would significantly increase:

(2) The state personnel director or the state personnel director's designee may authorize a state agency to enter into such a contract. The contract shall be negotiated by the state agency pursuant to the negotiation requirements described in part 14 of this article; except that direct, indirect, overhead, and other costs and rates may be solicited and considered in the evaluation of qualifications and included in any resulting contract. The contract may include provisions that define the rate, amount, and nature of costs that may be proposed in any subsequent energy cost-savings contract, that describe the content of the analysis, and that reserve the option of the state agency to negotiate a suitable energy cost-savings contract.

(3) Such energy analysis and recommendations shall include the following, as applicable:

(4) Payment by a state agency for an energy analysis and recommendations contract may be made from moneys appropriated to the state agency for operating expenses or utilities, as applicable, or payments may be deferred and incorporated into a subsequent energy cost-savings contract.