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S.F. No. 1869 - Relating to Shared Ambulance Service
Author: Senator Sheila Kiscaden
Prepared by: Daniel P. McGowan, Senate Counsel (651/296-4397)
Date: April 4, 2005

The proposed legislation amends an exception in the uniform municipal contracting law that permitted the purchase of shared hospital or ambulance services in which more than one hospital or ambulance service pool together to purchase materials, supplies, and equipment without the need for complying with the competitive bidding requirement of the UMCL. This amendment would allow those shared purchasing programs to award contracts to more than one bidder if doing so would not decrease the service level or diminish the effects of competition.

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