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62 Pa.C.S. § 1902 · COSTARS contract number

COSTARS cooperative purchasing — supplier contract in force at time of purchase (PA local public procurement units)

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Alpha Covenant Holdings, Government Forms Register: 62 Pa.C.S. § 1902 · COSTARS contract number — COSTARS cooperative purchasing — supplier contract in force at time of purchase (PA local public procurement units) (PA Department of General Services (COSTARS)); citation 62 Pa.C.S. § 1902; 62 Pa.C.S. § 1901 (definitions); DGS COSTARS member and supplier terms; read 2026-10-08. https://alphacovenantholdings.com/forms/costars-contract

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The line

62 Pa.C.S. § 1902(a): a local public procurement unit may purchase from a supplier under a Commonwealth cooperative contract without separate bidding; the purchase file shows the COSTARS contract number and that the supplier was a COSTARS-contracted supplier on the purchase date.

Citation

62 Pa.C.S. § 1902; 62 Pa.C.S. § 1901 (definitions); DGS COSTARS member and supplier terms · www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/LI/consCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&ttl=62&div=0&chpt=19

What the receipt supports

The COSTARS supplier/contract directory row under the supplier's exact printed name on the read date — contract number, category and term as the directory prints them — dated for the purchase file. The public supplier search (costars.state.pa.us) publishes robots.txt 'Disallow: /' (read 2026-10-09), so this platform does not read it by machine: the receipt prints the official search link as 'not read — directory refuses automated reads', never as 'no row'. A dated directory row is printed only if DGS publishes a downloadable list (asked of DGS, 2026-10-09). Vehicle note from the DGS Guide to COSTARS Contracts (12-24): COSTARS-6 Software excludes supplier-hosted and cloud-hosted solutions, which sit on the Commonwealth IT Services ITQ categories (ITQ-26/-27/-28) with a COSTARS election.

What it does not prove

That the item or service purchased fell within the contract's scope; that pricing matched the contract; membership status of the buyer; anything about a supplier absent from the directory beyond 'no row under this printed name today'.

Finding patterns

Where to read it

state — official pages

Many names at once

Roster upload — CSV of subcontractors, lower-tier subs, vendors or practitioners (names with UEI/CAGE/NPI/EIN); one dated receipt per row, a coverage table for the file, and a monthly re-read that prints only what changed. The free single receipt at /screening is identical in content.

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The form this answers: COSTARS cooperative purchasing — supplier contract in force at time of purchase (PA local public procurement units) (62 Pa.C.S. § 1902 · COSTARS contract number). The line: 62 Pa.C.S. § 1902(a): a local public procurement unit may purchase from a supplier under a Commonwealth cooperative contract without separate bidding; the purchase file shows the COSTARS contract number and that the supplier was a COSTARS-contracted supplier on the purchase date. Citation: 62 Pa.C.S. § 1902; 62 Pa.C.S. § 1901 (definitions); DGS COSTARS member and supplier terms — https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/LI/consCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&ttl=62&div=0&chpt=19. What the receipt is: The COSTARS supplier/contract directory row under the supplier's exact printed name on the read date — contract number, category and term as the directory prints them — dated for the purchase file. The public supplier search (costars.state.pa.us) publishes robots.txt 'Disallow: /' (read 2026-10-09), so this platform does not read it by machine: the receipt prints the official search link as 'not read — directory refuses automated reads', never as 'no row'. A dated directory row is printed only if DGS publishes a downloadable list (asked of DGS, 2026-10-09). Vehicle note from the DGS Guide to COSTARS Contracts (12-24): COSTARS-6 Software excludes supplier-hosted and cloud-hosted solutions, which sit on the Commonwealth IT Services ITQ categories (ITQ-26/-27/-28) with a COSTARS election. What it is not: That the item or service purchased fell within the contract's scope; that pricing matched the contract; membership status of the buyer; anything about a supplier absent from the directory beyond 'no row under this printed name today'. Register: https://alphacovenantholdings.com/forms/costars-contract

Cooperative purchasing through a Commonwealth contract (62 Pa.C.S. § 1902; COSTARS) — the steps as written

● a dated receipt is the record at this step · printable

#	Step	Who	When	Record	Citation
1	The local public procurement unit registers as a COSTARS member.	local public procurement unit	once	COSTARS membership	62 Pa.C.S. § 1901; DGS COSTARS member terms
2 ●	The supplier holds a COSTARS contract awarded by DGS and appears in the public supplier/contract directory.	supplier; DGS	for the contract term	COSTARS contract number; directory row (the public search refuses automated reads — robots.txt — so a receipt prints the official link as 'not read', not a row)	DGS COSTARS supplier terms
3 ●	The member purchases under the contract without separate bidding and keeps the contract number and the dated directory read in the purchase file; the federal suspension-and-debarment read still applies where federal funds pay.	member purchasing office	at each purchase	purchase order citing the COSTARS contract; dated directory receipt; 2 CFR 180.300 receipt where federal funds are used	62 Pa.C.S. § 1902(a); 2 CFR 180.300

How the auditor tests it

Local auditors and the PA Auditor General test that non-bid purchases cite a cooperative contract in force; federal funds add the Procurement and Suspension and Debarment test. — 62 Pa.C.S. § 1902; OMB Compliance Supplement, Part 3, Section I

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