Iowa § 904.808 State purchasing requirements — exceptions

Iowa Statutes

§ 904.808 — State purchasing requirements — exceptions

Iowa § 904.808

Title XVICRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

Ch. 904DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

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Iowa Code § 904.808 (2026).

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1.A product possessing the performance characteristics of a product listed in the price lists prepared pursuant to section 904.807 shall not be purchased by any department or agency of state government from a source other than Iowa state industries, except:

a.When the purchase is made under emergency circumstances, which shall be explained in writing by the public body or officer who made or authorized the purchase if the state director so requests; or

b.When the state director releases, in writing, the obligation of the department or agency to purchase the product from Iowa state industries, after determining that Iowa state industries is unable to meet the performance characteristics of the purchase request for the product, and a copy of the release is attached to the request to the d

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1. A product possessing the performance characteristics of a product listed in the price
lists prepared pursuant to section 904.807 shall not be purchased by any department or
agency of state government from a source other than Iowa state industries, except:
a. When the purchase is made under emergency circumstances, which shall be explained
in writing by the public body or officer who made or authorized the purchase if the state
director so requests; or
b. When the state director releases, in writing, the obligation of the department or
agency to purchase the product from Iowa state industries, after determining that Iowa state
industries is unable to meet the performance characteristics of the purchase request for the
product, and a copy of the release is attached to the request to the director of the department
of administrative services for payment for a similar product, or when Iowa state industries is
unable to furnish needed products, comparable in both quality and price to those available
from alternative sources, within a reasonable length of time. Any disputes arising between a
purchasing department or agency and Iowa state industries regarding similarity of products,
or comparability of quality or price, or the availability of the product, shall be referred to
the director of the department of administrative services, whose decision shall be subject
to appeal as provided in section 8A.313. However, if the purchasing department is the
department of administrative services, any matter which would be referred to the director
under this paragraph shall be referred to the executive council in the same manner as if the
matter were to be heard by the director of the department of administrative services. The
decision of the executive council is final.
2. The state director shall adopt and update as necessary rules setting specific delivery
schedules for each of the products manufactured by Iowa state industries. These delivery
schedules shall not apply where a different delivery schedule is specifically negotiated by
Iowa state industries and a particular purchaser.
3. A department or agency of the state shall cooperate and enter into agreements,
if possible, for the provision of products and services under an inmate work program
established by the state director under section 904.703.