(1) Any nonprofit agency that is interested in performing state services and that would like to bid on solicitations for such services through the set aside program created in this part 8 shall first apply to the department, in a manner to be determined by the department, to become a self-certified vendor pursuant to this section.(2) The department shall accept applications from any nonprofit agency that seeks to become a self-certified vendor to bid on certain services solicitations. In order for a nonprofit agency to become a self-certified vendor, the nonprofit agency shall certify that: (a) The nonprofit agency is an independent tax-exempt charitable or social welfare organization operating under section 501 (c)(3) of the federal 'Internal Revenue Code of 1986', as amended, and is operating in Colorado;(b) Repealed.(c) The nonprofit agency satisfies the statutory requirements to be eligible to bid on a state services solicitation pursuant to section 24-103-401 and any rules promulgated by the department of personnel in furtherance of said section;(d) The nonprofit agency would be capable of hiring and would employ people to perform any service for which the nonprofit agency ulgated by the department of personnel in furtherance of said section;(d) The nonprofit agency would be capable of hiring and would employ people to perform any service for which the nonprofit agency bids, and that of those people employed a total of seventy-five percent would be persons with severe disabilities and a minimum of twenty percent would be persons with severe disabilities who have developmental disabilities as defined in section 25.5-10-202, C.R.S.; and(e) Any other criteria consistent with the purposes of this part 8 that are deemed necessary by the department.(3) The department shall create and maintain a list of all nonprofit agencies that have attained self-certified vendor status and shall make the list available to the department of personnel pursuant to rules promulgated by the executive director.(4) A nonprofit agency's self-certified vendor status is valid for up to five years after the date that the nonprofit agency's self-certification application was approved. A nonprofit agency is required to reapply to the department, at a time and in a manner determined by the department, for self-certified vendor status to be eligible to respond to a set aside pproved. A nonprofit agency is required to reapply to the department, at a time and in a manner determined by the department, for self-certified vendor status to be eligible to respond to a set aside solicitation pursuant to this part 8.(5)(a) Nothing in this part 8 shall be construed to require a nonprofit agency that seeks to respond to services solicitations to become a self-certified vendor; except that a nonprofit agency shall not be eligible to bid for a set aside solicitation pursuant to this part 8 unless the nonprofit agency is self-certified pursuant to this section.(b) Nothing in this part 8 shall be construed to prevent a nonprofit agency from bidding on any state agency solicitation that is not a set aside solicitation pursuant to this part 8.Amended by 2017 Ch. 99, § 25, eff. 8/9/2017.Amended by 2013 Ch. 323, § 35, eff. 3/1/2014.L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 2192, § 1, effective August 5. L. 2011: (2)(a) amended, (HB 11 -1030), ch. 34, p. 95, § 2, effective August 10. L. 2013: (2)(d) amended, (HB 13-1314), ch. 323, p. 1805, § 35, effective 3/1/2014. L. 2017: (2)(b) repealed and (3) and (4) amended, (HB 17-1051), ch. 99, p. 317, § 25, effective August 9.
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