Consolidated purchasing definition
Consolidated purchasing means a centralized purchasing method whereby the purchasing agent determines annually, based upon the anticipated purchases projected by contracting officers and his/her own experience, that the purchase of items or categories of items in bulk or pursuant to price agreements on a city-wide basis from one or more vendors will result in economies of scale and cost-savings to the city.
Consolidated purchasing means a single process for the procurement of all health care benefits by the publicly funded insurance agencies in compliance with the Procurement Code [13‐1‐28 to 13‐1‐ 199 NMSA 1978] and includes associated activities related to the procurement such as actuarial, cost containment, benefits consultation and analysis; and B. "publicly funded health care agency" means