§ 6-21-301. Definitions

AR Code § 6-21-301 (2018) (N/A)
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(1) "Commodities" means all supplies, goods, material, equipment, machinery, facilities, personal property, and services, other than personal and professional services, purchased for or on behalf of the school district;

(2) "Open market purchases" means those purchases of commodities by any purchasing official in which competitive bidding is not required;

(3) "Purchase" means and includes not only the outright purchase of a commodity but also the acquisition of commodities under rental-purchase agreements, lease-purchase agreements, or any other type of agreements whereby the school district has an option to buy the commodity and to apply the rental payments on the purchase price thereof;

(4) "Purchase price" means the full sale or bid price of any commodity without any allowance for trade-in; and

(5) "Purchasing official" means the board of directors of any school district or a lawfully designated agent of the school district with authority to contract or make purchases on behalf of the school district.