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State Contracts: When using a local vendor to purchase a State Contract item, can the local vendor exceed the specification for the same price?

April 26, 2017contract contracts exceed local price purchase specification State vendor

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State Contracts: When using a local vendor to purchase a State Contract item, can the local vendor exceed the specification for the same price?

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The law reads “same exact item”. Substituting a incidental item such as color would be acceptable; however upgrading from a 2009 to 2010 would not be considered an “incidental” specification. Reference: 19 OS 1501.