# Montgomery County Code — Part II. Local Laws, Ordinances, Resolutions, Etc.

## Chapter 11B. Contracts and Procurement.

### Article VIII. Intergovernmental Procurements.

**Sec. 11B-40. Cooperative procurement.**

  The County may either participate in, sponsor, conduct, administer, or enter into a cooperative purchasing contract for the procurement of any goods, services, or construction, or the cooperative use of goods, services, or construction with a public entity.  The cooperative procurement may include joint contracts or multi-party contracts.  If the facilities and services of the Procurement Office are made available to another public entity, the Director may require the public entity to pay a fee for the services provided by the Procurement Office.

**Sec. 11B-41. Public entity contracts.**

  The County may without competition enter into a contract for the procurement of, use of, or sale of goods, services, or construction, with a public entity when it is in the best interest of the County.

**Sec. 11B-42. Bridge contracts.**

  The County may without competition enter into a contract with a person if:

  (a)   the Director determines that:

    (1)   the person has an existing contract with another public entity for the goods, services, or construction which the County would like to procure;

    (2)   a bridge contract is in the best interest of the County; and

    (3)   the contract between the person and the other public entity was awarded as the result of adequate competition; and

  (b)   the person agrees to provide the County:

    (1)   materially the same specifications being provided the other public entity; and

    (2)   the same prices being charged the other public entity.