Definitions concerning intergovernmental relations.
Ark. Code Ann. § 19-11-206
in effectAs used in this subchapter:
(1) “Cooperative purchasing agreement” means an agreement entered into as the result of a procurement conducted by, or on behalf of, more than one (1) public procurement unit or by a public procurement unit with an external procurement activity;
(2)(A) “External procurement activity” means any buying organization not located in this state which, if located in this state, would qualify as a public procurement unit.
(B) An agency of the federal government is an external procurement activity;
(3) “Local public procurement unit” means:
(A) Any county, city, town, state agency, and any other subdivision of the state or public agency thereof;
(B) Any fire protection district;
(C) Any regional water distribution district;
(D) Any rural development authority;
(E) Any public authority;
(F) Any public educational, health, or other institution;
(G) Any nonprofit corporation during the time that it contracts with the Department of Human Services to provide services to individuals with developmental disabilities or for transportation services, so long as the contract exceeds seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) per year;
(H) Any nonprofit corporation providing fire protection services to a rural area or providing drinking water to the public in a rural area; and
(I) To the extent not prohibited by law, any other entity that expends public funds for the acquisition or leasing of commodities and services;
(4) “Public procurement unit” means either a local public procurement unit or a state public procurement unit; and
(5) “State public procurement unit” means the Office of State Procurement and any other procurement agency of this state.
(6) "Consumer Price Index" means the most recent Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the United States Department of Labor, or its successor; and
(7)(A) "Public school construction services" means services procured by a public school district or open-enrollment public charter school under a contract with a corresponding cooperative purchasing verification letter providing for the making of repairs, alterations, erection, or other permanent improvements to a public building, property, or structure that do not exceed a total aggregate amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for a public procurement unit in a fiscal year.
(B)(i) Annually on July 1, at the direction of the Office of State Procurement and with the approval of the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee, the amount stated in subdivision (7)(A) of this section shall be adjusted by the percentage, if any, by which the Consumer Price Index for the current calendar year exceeds the Consumer Price Index for the preceding calendar year, not to exceed three percent (3%).
(ii) The Consumer Price Index for a calendar year is the average of the Consumer Price Index as of the close of the twelve-month period ending on August 31 of that calendar year.
Source: Arkansas General Assembly, Acts of 2021-2026 (arkleg.state.ar.us)URL: https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2024F%2FPublic%2F&file=167.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2024%2F2024FFetched: 11/8/2026