§1910. Contract controversies.

(a) Public procurement unit subject to certain legal and contractual remedies.--Under a cooperative purchasing agreement, controversies arising between an administering public procurement unit subject to Chapter 17 (relating to legal and contractual remedies) and its bidders, offerors or contractors shall be resolved in accordance with Chapter 17.

(b) Local public procurement unit not subject to certain legal and contractual remedies.--Any local public procurement unit which is not subject to Chapter 17 is authorized to:

(1) Enter into an agreement with the Board of Claims to use the board to resolve controversies between the local public procurement unit and its contractors, whether or not the controversy arose from a cooperative purchasing agreement.

(2) Enter into an agreement with another local public procurement unit or external procurement activity to establish procedures or use existing procedures of the unit or activity to resolve controversies with contractors, whether or not the controversy arose under a cooperative purchasing agreement.