Title 50, Chapter 5, Section 57
( 50-5-57)
The Department of Administrative Services shall have the power and
authority and it shall be the department's duty, subject to this
part, to contract for the purchase, lease, or other mode of
acquisition of all supplies, materials, services other than
professional and personal employment services, and equipment
required by the state. After sources of supply have been
established by contract under competitive bidding and certified by
the Department of Administrative Services to the different
departments, institutions, and agencies of the state as provided for
in this part, the institutions, agencies, or departments of the
state shall make requisition on blanks to be approved by the
Department of Administrative Services for such supplies, materials,
and equipment required by them from the supply so certified and,
except as otherwise provided for or unless the departments,
institutions, and agencies of the state obtain written authority
from the Department of Administrative Services to do so, it shall be
unlawful for any of them to purchase any supplies, materials, or
equipment from sources other than as certified to them by the
Department of Administrative Services. One copy of the requisition
shall be sent to the Department of Administrative Services when the
same is issued. |