(1) This code shall be construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.
(2) The underlying purposes and policies of this code are:
(a) To simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing procurement by the state of Colorado;
(b) To provide for increased public confidence in the procedures followed in public procurement;
(c) To ensure the fair and equitable treatment of all persons who deal with the procurement system of the state of Colorado;
(d) To provide increased economy in state procurement activities and to maximize to the fullest extent practicable the purchasing value of public funds of the state of Colorado;
(e) To foster effective broad-based competition within the free enterprise system; and
(f) To provide safeguards for the maintenance of a procurement system of quality and integrity.
Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1259, � 1, effective January 1, 1982.
24-101-103. Supplementary general principles of law applicable. (Repealed)
Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1260, � 1, effective January 1, 1982. L. 2017: Entire section repealed, (HB 17-1051), ch. 99, p. 354, � 76, effective August 9.
Editor's note: This section was relocated to � 24-106-102 in 2017.