New Mexico Statutes

Chapter 13. Public Purchases and Property

Article 1. Procurement

N.M. STAT. ANN. § 13-1-56. Definition; external procurement unit

“External procurement unit” means any procurement organization not located in this state which, if in this state, would qualify as a state agency or a local public body. An agency of the United States government is an external procurement unit.

N.M. STAT. ANN. § 13-1-44. Definition; cooperative procurement.

“Cooperative procurement” means procurement conducted by or on behalf of more than one state agency or local public body, or by a state agency or local public body with an external procurement unit.

N.M. STAT. ANN. § 13-1-67. Definition; local public body

“Local public body” means every political subdivision of the state and the agencies, instrumentalities and institutions thereof, including two-year post-secondary educational institutions, school districts and local school boards and municipalities, except as exempted pursuant to the Procurement Code

N.M. STAT. ANN. § 13-1-98. Exemptions from the Procurement Code.

The provisions of the Procurement Code shall not apply to:

K. municipalities having adopted home rule charters and having enacted their own purchasing ordinances;

GG. procurements exempt from the Procurement Code as otherwise provided by law.

N.M. STAT. ANN. § 13-1-135. Cooperative procurement authorized

A. Any state agency or local public body may either participate in, sponsor or administer a cooperative procurement agreement for the procurement of any services, construction or items of tangible personal property with any other state agency, local public body or external procurement unit in accordance with an agreement entered into and approved by the governing authority of each of the state agencies, local public bodies or external procurement units involved. The cooperative procurement agreement shall clearly specify the purpose of the agreement and the method by which the purpose will be accomplished. Any power exercised under a cooperative procurement agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection shall be limited to the central purchasing authority common to the contracting parties, even though one or more of the contracting parties may be located outside this state. An approved and signed copy of all cooperative procurement agreements entered into pursuant to this subsection shall be filed with the state purchasing agent. A cooperative procurement agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection is limited to the procurement of items of tangible personal property, services or construction.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this section, a cooperative procurement agreement providing for mutually held funds or for other terms and conditions involving public funds or property included in Section 11-1-4 NMSA 1978 shall be entered into pursuant to the provisions of the Joint Powers Agreements Act [11-1-1 through 11-1-7 NMSA 1978].

Chapter 11. Intergovernmental Agreements and Authorities

Article 1. Joint Powers Agreements

N.M. STAT. ANN. §11-1-2. Definitions.

As used in the Joint Powers Agreements Act:

A. “public agency” means the federal government or a federal department, agency or instrumentality; this state, another state or a state department, agency or instrumentality; an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo; a subdivision of an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo that has authority pursuant to the law of that Indian nation, tribe or pueblo to enter into joint powers agreements directly with the state; a county, municipality, public corporation or public district of this state or another state; a New Mexico educational institution specified in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico; and a New Mexico school district;

B. “agreement” means a written contractual agreement entered into between two or more public agencies subject to a constitutional or legislative restriction imposed upon any of the contracting public agencies, but the Joint Powers Agreements Act does not authorize an interstate water supply agreement or limit the powers of an interstate water compact commission, the interstate stream commission or the state engineer, and it does not limit the powers of a state agency or political subdivision to enter into agreements with the interstate stream commission or the state engineer;

N.M. STAT. ANN. §11-1-3. Authority to enter into agreements; approval of the secretary of finance and administration required.

If authorized by their legislative or other governing bodies, two or more public agencies by agreement may jointly exercise any power common to the contracting parties, even though one or more of the contracting parties may be located outside this state; provided, however, nothing contained in this Joint Powers Agreements Act shall authorize any state officer, board, commission, department or any other state agency, institution or authority, or any county, municipality, public corporation or public district to make any agreement without the approval of the secretary of finance and administration as to the terms and conditions thereof. Joint powers agreements approved by the secretary of finance and administration shall be reported to the state board of finance at its next regularly scheduled public meeting. A list of the approved agreements shall be filed with the office of the state board of finance and made a part of the minutes.

N.M. STAT. ANN. § 13-1-136. Cooperative procurement; reports required.

The general services department and the department of finance and administration shall notify the state purchasing agent on or before January 1 of each year of the cooperative procurement agreements entered into by state agencies with local public bodies or external procurement units during the preceding fiscal year.

New Mexico Administrative Code

Title 1. General Government Administration

Chapter 4. State Procurement

Part 1. Procurement Code Regulations

General Services Department– State Purchasing Division

N.M. CODE R. §1.4.1.8 CENTRALIZATION OF PROCUREMENT ACTIVITY (1.4.1.8 – 1.4.1.13 NMAC):

C. Cooperative procurement. Nothing in this section should be interpreted as limiting the ability of state agencies to make procurements under existing contracts or enter into cooperative procurement agreements in accordance with 13-1-135 and 13-1-136 NMSA 1978.