Section 24-101-102 - Purposes - rules of construction(1) This code shall be construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.(2) The underlying purposes and policies of this code are:(a) To simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing procurement by the state of Colorado;(b) To provide for increased public confidence in the procedures followed in public procurement;(c) To ensure the fair and equitable treatment of all persons who deal with the procurement system of the state of Colorado;(d) To provide increased economy in state procurement activities and to maximize to the fullest extent practicable the purchasing value of public funds of the state of Colorado;(e) To foster effective broad-based competition within the free enterprise system; and(f) To provide safeguards for the maintenance of a procurement system of quality and integrity.L. 81: Entire article added, p. 1259, § 1, effective 1/1/1982.