Indiana Code Title 5. State and Local Administration § 5-22-13-6

Sec. 6. (a) This section applies to a qualified agency that:

(b) As used in this section, “department” refers to the Indiana department of administration created by IC 4-13-1-2.

(c) As used in this section, “pilot project” refers to a project established by the department through which a qualified agency sells supplies or services covered by this chapter to governmental bodies through a third party contractor that has been awarded a contract by the department under this article.

(d) As used in this section, “QPA” refers to a quantity purchase agreement.

(e) After a qualified agency withdraws from the pilot project, at the request of the qualified agency, the department shall award to the qualified agency a QPA for the same supplies or services that the qualified agency provided through the third party contractor.  The department shall award a QPA to the qualified agency not later than thirty (30) days after the date of the qualified agency's request.

(f) The department shall award a QPA to the qualified agency:

if the qualified agency agrees to provide the same supplies or services at a price less than the price provided for the supplies or services under the pilot project as of January 1 of the year the qualified agency withdraws from the pilot project.

(g) Section 5(b) of this chapter applies to the prices for the supplies and services of the QPA awarded under subsection (f).

(h) This section does not release a qualified agency from any contractual obligations that it might otherwise owe to the third party contractor.