public purchasing definition
public purchasing means the process of procurement of goods and services for the public, most often publicly funded and publicly utilized. The procurer of the goods and services may be federal, state or local jurisdictions including any public instrumentalities or authorities, public corporations, quasi-public bodies, grantees or public contractors. Publicly funded includes not only tax supported funding and governmental user fees but also publicly generated funds collected to supplement, or supplant, government funding.
public purchasing unit: is either a local public purchasing unit or a state public purchasing unit. Id at § 45A. 295 (3). A “local public purchasing unit” is, among other things, any city, county or other subdivision of the state including a public education district that expends public funds for the acquisition of supplies, equipment or construction. Id. A “foreign purchasing activity: is any purchasing organization outside of Kentucky that if located in Kentucky would be qualified as a public purchasing unit. Id. A Texas regional service center is a political subdivision. TEX. EDUC. CODE § 8.001, et seq.. therefore, if located in Kentucky, an ESC would be considered a local public purchasing unit. Accordingly, a unit of Kentucky government may participate in the TIPS program. TIPS will become the premier purchasing cooperative in North America through developing partnerships with quality vendors, school districts, universities, colleges, all governmental entities, and public and private industry. Our mission is to provide a proven purchasing process through quality customer service including timely response, legal support and effective recruitment by providing sufficient resources to include personnel.