Title 24, Government - State

(1) Each contractor awarded a contract for public project with a contract price of five hundred thousand dollars or more and each subcontractor who performs work on the public project shall post in conspicuous places on the project, where employees are employed, posters that cont…

(1) (a) The director shall establish a separate apprenticeship contribution rate under the prevailing wage and fringe benefit requirements of this part 2. (b) The contracting agency of government shall specify in the competitive solicitation for a public project in the amount of …

(1) Upon receipt of a complaint from an employee, a former employee, or a contracting agency derived from an analysis of certified payroll records, a contracting agency of government shall report any perceived violation of this part 2 to the contractor within forty-eight hours of…

(1) An employee or former employee of a contractor or subcontractor may bring a civil action for a violation of section 24-92-204 for appropriate injunctive relief, actual damages, or both within three years after the occurrence of the alleged violation. An action commenced pursu…

The short title of this part 3 is the Colorado Energy Sector Public Works Project Craft Labor Requirements Act. Source: L. 2023: Entire part added, (SB 23-292), ch. 247, p. 1349, � 1, effective January 1, 2024.

(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) The energy industry in Colorado is undergoing a historic transformation to address threats posed by climate change, which includes efforts to diversify capacity, promote the development of renewable and other clean, non…

As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Construction means the construction, alteration, or repair of an energy sector public works project, consistent with and including the same limitations as the definition of construction as established in section 4…

(1) (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (1)(b) and (1)(c) of this section, a contract between public utilities, cooperative electric associations, or independent power producers and lead contractors for an energy sector public works project must include provisions exp…

(1) The lead contractor for an energy sector public works project shall prepare certified payroll records for craft workers directly employed by the contractor, obtain certified payroll records from all contractors and subcontractors on the projects, and submit the records to the…

(1) A public utility, cooperative electric association, or independent power producer is authorized to incorporate a project labor agreement requirement for an energy sector public works project if the project labor agreement will promote successful project delivery by securing a…

Nothing in this section contravenes the statutory authority of the public utilities commission to consider overall project costs, the impact of a project on utility customers, or the impact of project cost on utility rates.

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Integrated Delivery Method for Public Projects Act. Source: L. 2007: Entire article added, p. 1805, � 1, effective August 3.

(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) It is the policy of the state of Colorado to encourage public contracting procedures that encourage competition, openness, and impartiality to the maximum extent possible. (b) Competition exists not only in the costs of…

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Agency means any agency, department, division, board, bureau, commission, institution, or other agency of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government that is a budgetary unit exercising con…

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any agency may award an IPD contract for a public project in accordance with the provisions of this article upon the determination by such agency that integrated project delivery represents a timely or cost-effective alternative for…

(1) An agency may prequalify participating entities for IPD contracts by public notice of its request for qualifications prior to the date set forth in the notice. Any such request for qualifications may contain the following elements and such additional information as may be req…

(1) An agency shall prepare and publish a request for proposals for each IPD contract that complies with the requirements of this section. Requests for proposals for IPD contracts shall, at a minimum, include the following evaluation factors and subfactors that shall be used to e…

The executive director of the department of personnel may establish supplemental provisions that are designed to implement the provisions of this article; except that the executive director of the department of transportation may establish supplemental provisions relating to brid…

Subject to the requirements of this section, any agency making use of the provisions of this article may award any type of contract that will promote the best interests of the agency; except that the use of a cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost contract under this article is prohibite…

The executive director of an agency or president of an institution of higher education that enters into a construction contract for a public project pursuant to this article shall disclose to the public the agency's rationale or the institution's rationale for selecting the integ…

(1) The department of transportation shall not exclude a participating entity from a short list, prepared and announced by the department as required by section 24-93-105 (2), of responding participating entities that have been determined to be most qualified to receive a request…

[Editor’s note: This section is effective July 1, 2027.] An agency shall include language in every construction contract stating that each contractor’s or subcontractor’s commercial vehicle that enters the site of a public project must comply with section 42-4-225.

(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) Public-private partnerships are an effective tool to leverage the expertise and resources of both the public and private sectors to accommodate multifaceted social infrastructure and operational needs; (b) Public-privat…

As used in this article 94, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Department means the department of personnel. (2) Develop means to plan, design, develop, build, establish, finance, lease, acquire, install, construct, reconstruct, or expand a public project. (3) Executive d…

(1) Within one year of May 26, 2022, the executive director shall: (a) Create requirements regarding the authority for state public entities to initiate requests for proposals or bids or to review any private partner-initiated proposals for public projects to be completed through…

(1) A state public entity is authorized, either separately or in combination with any other state public entity, to initiate solicitations, review any private partner-initiated proposals, execute public-private partnership agreements, or execute public-private agreements to devel…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, a state public entity that intends to enter into a contract, sale, or lease of state property pursuant to section 24-82-102.5 or 24-94-104 on or after May 26, 2022, shall submit the proposed contract, sale, or le…

(1) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall annually report on the implementation and use of this article 94 at its presentation to its committee of reference at a hearing held pursuant to section 2-7-203 (2)(a) of the State Measurement for Accountable, …

The short title of articles 101 to 112 of this title 24 is the Procurement Code, referred to in said articles as the code. Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1259, � 1, effective January 1, 1982. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17-1051), ch. 99, p. 299, � 1, effective A…

(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 pu…

C.R.S. 24-101-103Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Service…

This code requires all parties involved in the procurement of any good or service or in the negotiation, performance, or administration of any contract for those goods or services to act in good faith. Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1260, � 1, effective January 1, 1982. …

(1) (a) This code applies to all publicly funded contracts entered into by all governmental bodies of the executive branch of this state; except that this code does not apply to: (I) Bridge and highway construction or to contracts for unsolicited or comparable proposals for publi…

The chief procurement officer, or his or her designee, may develop and conduct a procurement education and training program for employees of governmental bodies and for vendors. Source: L. 2017: Entire section added, (HB 17-1051), ch. 99, p. 301, � 4, effective August 9.

Any person who is employed by a governmental body who purchases goods or services or is involved in the purchasing process for the state, any end users of such goods and services, any vendor or contractor that does business with the state, and any other interested third parties t…

Written determinations required by this code shall be retained in the appropriate official procurement file of the department of personnel or the purchasing agency administering the procurement. Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1260, � 1, effective January 1, 1982. L. 96: …

The terms defined in this section have the following meanings whenever they appear in this code, unless the context in which they are used clearly requires a different meaning or a different definition is prescribed for a particular article or portion thereof: (1) Acceptance mean…

(1) Except as provided in section 24-103-201.5, proposals and bids shall be opened so as to avoid disclosure of the contents of the proposal or bid to competing offerors during the review process. A register of proposals and bids shall be prepared in accordance with rules and suc…

All procurement records shall be retained and disposed of in accordance with records retention guidelines and schedules, as provided in section 24-80-103. Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1262, � 1, effective January 1, 1982.

Editor's note: (1) This part 5 was added in 2016 and was not amended prior to its repeal in 2017. For the text of this part 5, consult the 2016 Colorado Revised Statutes. (2) Subsection (4) provided for the repeal of this part 5, effective July 1, 2017. (See L. 2016, p. 1273.)

Subject to the provisions of part 2 of this article 102, the executive director of the department of personnel has the authority and responsibility to promulgate rules, consistent with this code, governing the procurement and disposal of any and all supplies, services, and constr…

(1) (Deleted by amendment, L. 96, p. 1510, � 32, effective June 1, 1996.) (2) The powers, duties, and functions of the department of personnel include the powers, duties, and functions concerning purchasing. Source: L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1263, � 1, effective January 1, …

(1) Consistent with the provisions of this code, the executive director may adopt operational procedures governing the internal functions of the department. (2) (a) The executive director may promulgate rules in accordance with the “State Administrative Procedure Act”, article 4 …

(1) The executive director shall develop a centralized database that includes a listing of all businesses which are interested in providing goods and services to the state. The businesses in the database shall be identified by a registration number, and the executive director sha…

C.R.S. 24-102-203Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Service…

C.R.S. 24-102-204Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Service…

C.R.S. 24-102-205Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Service…

(1) (a) Prior to contracting or as a requirement for the solicitation of any contract from the state for services, as appropriate, any prospective vendor shall disclose in a written statement of work whether it anticipates subcontracting any services under the contract, where suc…

(1) On January 1, 2014, and on each January 1 thereafter, a governmental body shall submit an annual report to the general assembly if the governmental body entered into one or more contracts with a vendor during the previous state fiscal year and received written notice from one…

(1) The department shall establish a statewide procurement card program. All governmental bodies that utilize a procurement card shall participate in the statewide program. For purposes of this section, governmental body has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-101-301 (18…