Okla. Admin. Code § 720:10-3-3

Current through Vol. 42, No. 8, January 2, 2025

Section 720:10-3-3 - Information necessary to complete bid

(a) The Secretary of the Committee shall instruct all publishers to indicate whether each item bid is submitted to be adopted and listed in the Official List and Textbook Requisition as a comprehensive program, ancillary item, or supplementary item.

(b) The Secretary of the Committee shall instruct all publishers to include in their bids, for the purpose of securing a selection or adoption, the price delivered to the ordering district.

(c) The publisher shall stipulate in the contract that the price for which the textbook is to be furnished will be the lowest at which the same textbook will be sold or offered for sale for the purpose of securing a state or local selection or adoption elsewhere in the United States during the six (6) months prior to the date of execution of the contract; that the publisher will reduce the contract price of the textbook if the price of the same textbook is reduced below such contract price elsewhere in the United States, and will file with the Secretary of the Committee a sworn statement of such reduction made elsewhere.

(d) Publisher will establish and maintain, or operate jointly with other contractors, a suitable and convenient depository in the State of Oklahoma where a stock of the state adopted instructional materials to supply all immediate demands will be kept. Publisher will maintain at its depository a sufficient supply of such textbooks or other physical products for individuals or boards of education desiring to purchase the same, and will sell any such book to any individual or board of education at the same price at which such instructionalmaterial is sold to the State of Oklahoma, plus cost of transportation to the individual or board of education purchasing the instructional materials. If the Publisher fails to carry a sufficient stock of such books at its depository to take care of all immediate demands of the State of Oklahoma and others requesting the same, or to furnish such books as required by law or by the contract entered into by the Publisher and the State Textbook Committee, the State Board of Education may recover on the bond of the publisher for the full value of the books not furnished as required, by the contract. [70 O.S., §16-115] The contract between the publishers and the State Textbook Committee may also require the payment of an additional sum of $100.00 for each day such books are not furnished. In addition, the State Board of Education may terminate the Contract.

(e) All contracts shall include the important principles of the rules and regulations or agreements which bidders sign before or at the time of filing their bid.

(f) In addition to subsections (a) through (e) of this Section, the publisher is bound by all provisions of the State Textbook Law.

Okla. Admin. Code § 720:10-3-3

Added at 11 Ok Reg 707, eff 11-22-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 3553, eff 6-27-94; Amended at 12 Ok Reg 3301, eff 6-27-95; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 1834, eff 6-11-04; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1485, eff 7-1-12