Ordinance on the Cantonal Printing and Materials Center (KDMZ) (KDMZ)

1 The Cantonal Print and Materials Center (KDMZ)

is a department of the Directorate of Finance. It serves as the central procurement and service center for the purchasing entities listed in § 2, in the following areas

a. Printed matter, bookbinding work, and publishing activities, ex-

cluding the field of educational materials,

b. Office supplies and paper goods,

c. Reprography and xerography,

d. Office machines and equipment.

2 The Government Council and the Judiciary regulate the procurement

of IT resources through separate decisions for their respective areas.

1. **Referencing Entities** are the Cantonal Administration, the District Administration, the Administration of Justice, and the non-autonomous cantonal institutions.

2. **Referencing entities** procure products and services in accordance with

1 Institutions that cover at least one-third of their expenses through contributions from public authorities, the state-recognized churches, and municipalities may procure products from the KDMZ and avail themselves of its other services under the same conditions as public procurement bodies.

2 The supply of products to private individuals is prohibited. Reserved are forms within the meaning of § 4 lit. c and the disposal of articles no longer required.

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The KDMZ has, in particular, the following tasks

a. It assesses the needs of the procuring entities and evaluates their orders from technical, economic, and ecological perspectives;

b. It places orders for

- Printing, reproduction, graphic design, bookbinding, and cardboard packaging services, and publishing affairs,

- Office supplies, papers, paper products, cardboard, and packaging,

- The purchase, rental, and maintenance of office machines and equipment, IT resources, and reprographic and xerographic devices and materials;

c. It undertakes the publication of forms for municipalities and third parties, provided these have been bindingly determined by cantonal authorities;

d. It observes the market and ensures appropriate inventory management;

e. It accepts purchased goods and verifies services rendered by third parties;

f. It maintains a catalog of stock items in the office supplies sector;

g. It keeps an inventory of the machines, equipment, and IT resources procured by it;

h. It takes back products procured by it that are no longer usable and disposes of them professionally;

i. It carries out other tasks assigned by the Government Council or the State Chancellery.

Orders to KDMZ must be countersigned by an authorized person. The authorization is determined by the regulations applicable to the ordering entity.

The awards are based on the Submissions Ordinance³.

1 The KDMZ shall be managed on a self-sustaining basis. It shall determine the prices for its products and services according to business management and commercial principles.

2 The KDMZ is an operational accounting unit within the meaning of § 15 of the Ordinance on Financial Management².

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The Ordinance on Financial Administration of March 10, 1982

is amended as follows: . . .4

At the same time, the Regulations concerning the Cantonal Printing and Material Centre (KDMZ) of 10 November 1960 are repealed.

1 OS 53, 140.

2 LS 612.

3 LS 720.11.

4 Text see OS 53, 140.

5 Version according to Government Council Resolution of 18 December 1996 (OS 54, 16). In force since 1 January 1997.

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