Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 39, § 196. Application of Part: responsibility for determining; state chief information officer

C. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law of this Part or any other law to the contrary, any public postsecondary education institution seeking to utilize its own group purchasing and cooperative purchasing procurement provisions shall submit a request for and obtain approval of its management board and the Board of Regents.

(3) Authority of an institution to participate in its own group purchasing and cooperative purchasing procurement provisions shall be for an initial term of three years. After the initial term, the institution may be authorized to participate in its own procurement provisions under this Section for an additional term of five years upon approval of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.

(4) A report of all group purchasing or cooperative purchasing contracts by each institution authorized under these provisions shall be provided to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget no later than ninety days after the end of each fiscal year. Such report shall, at a minimum, include a measurement of the savings derived from the utilization of the group purchasing or cooperative purchasing process.