• § 50-5-50 - Purposes and Policies of Part
  The underlying purposes and policies of this part are: (1) To permit the continued development of centralized procurement policies and practices; (2) To control...
• § 50-5-51 - Power, Authority, and Duty of Department
  The Department of Administrative Services shall have the power and authority and it shall be the department's duty, subject to this part: (1) To...
• § 50-5-51.1 - Purchase of Commercial Fidelity Bonds for Officials, Officers, and Employees of Certain County Boards and Departments
  The commissioner of administrative services may, upon request, assist and coordinate with county departments of health, county departments of family and children services, and...
• § 50-5-52 - Power to Examine Books, Records, and Papers; Report of Purchases
  The Department of Administrative Services or the state accounting officer shall have power to examine books, records, and papers of any office, agency, department,...
• § 50-5-53 - Authorization to Employ Assistants, Fix Salaries, and Make Assignments
  Subject to applicable rules of the State Personnel Board, the Department of Administrative Services may appoint as many assistants and employees, and fix their...
• § 50-5-54 - Rules and Regulations to Be Made and Published
  The commissioner of administrative services is authorized and empowered by this part to make all rules, regulations, and stipulations and to provide specifications to...
• § 50-5-55 - Specified Purposes for Rules and Regulations
  The commissioner of administrative services may adopt, modify, or abrogate rules and regulations covering the following purposes, in addition to those authorized elsewhere in...
• § 50-5-56 - Department to Establish Standard Contract Specifications
  It shall be the duty of the Department of Administrative Services to formulate, adopt, establish, and modify standard specifications applying to state contracts. In...
• § 50-5-57 - Duty of Department to Purchase All Supplies, Services, Materials, and Equipment; Requisition by State Agencies; Unlawful Purchases
  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...
• § 50-5-58 - Cases Where Purchases Through Department Not Mandatory
  (a) Unless otherwise ordered by the Department of Administrative Services, the purchase of supplies, materials, equipment, and services, other than professional and personal employment...
• § 50-5-59 - State Agencies to Furnish Department Estimates and Inventories
  It shall be the duty of all departments, institutions, or agencies of the state government to furnish to the Department of Administrative Services when...
• § 50-5-60 - Preference to Supplies, Equipment, Materials, and Agricultural Products Produced in Georgia Generally; Determination As to Reasonableness of Preference
  (a) The state and any department, agency, or commission thereof, when contracting for or purchasing supplies, materials, equipment, or agricultural products, excluding beverages for...
• § 50-5-60.1 - Use of Recycled Paper Products
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1991, p. 606, § 2, effective July 1, 1996.
• § 50-5-60.2 - Use of Recycled Content Paper Products
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Mill broke" means any paper waste generated in a paper mill prior to the...
• § 50-5-60.3 - Use of Retreaded Tires
  All state agencies, departments, and authorities shall replace original truck tires of over 16 inch rim size used on nonsteering axles with retreaded tires...
• § 50-5-60.4 - Use of Compost and Mulch in Road Building, Land Maintenance, and Land Development Activities; Preference to Be Given Georgia Compost and Mulch
  (a) All state agencies, departments, and authorities responsible for the maintenance of public lands shall give preference to the use of compost and mulch...
• § 50-5-60.5 - Implementation of Policies Requiring Reduction and Reuse of Materials Generated by State Agencies
  In addition to recycling, each state agency, department, and authority shall take action to implement policies which require reduction and reuse of materials generated...
• § 50-5-61 - State and Local Authorities to Give Preference to Supplies, Materials, and Agricultural Products Produced in Georgia; Determination As to Reasonableness of Preference
  (a) State and local authorities created by law, in the purchase of and contracting for any supplies, materials, equipment, and agricultural products, excluding beverages...
• § 50-5-62 - Preference to Local Sellers of Georgia Products
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2009, p. 204, § 5/SB 44, effective July 1, 2009.
• § 50-5-63 - Green Building Standards; Exclusive Use of Georgia Forest Products in State Construction Contracts; Exception Where Federal Regulations Conflict
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Green building standards" means any system or tool created to rate the environmental efficiency...
• § 50-5-64 - Multiyear Contracts Authorized; Standard Form Provisions; What Funds Obligated; Interest
  (a) The Department of Administrative Services shall be authorized to execute on behalf of all state agencies subject to this part multiyear lease, purchase,...
• § 50-5-65 - Transfer of Personal Property Titles to Effectuate Lease Purchases; Authority; Form
  (a) The Department of Administrative Services is authorized to make transfers of title to personal property titled in the name of any department, agency,...
• § 50-5-66 - Department to Compile and Consolidate All Estimates
  The Department of Administrative Services shall compile and consolidate all estimates of supplies, materials, and equipment needed and required by all state departments, institutions,...
• § 50-5-67 - Competitive Bidding Procedure; Method of Soliciting Bids; Required Conditions for Competitive Sealed Proposals; Clarification; Contract Awards; Negotiation of Contracts; Certificate of Independent Price Determination; Receiving Electronic Bids
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, contracts exceeding $100,000.00 shall be awarded by competitive sealed bidding. If the total requirement of...
• § 50-5-68 - Prequalification of Prospective Suppliers
  Prospective suppliers may be prequalified for particular types of supplies, services, goods, materials, and equipment at the discretion of the Department of Administrative Services....
• § 50-5-69 - Purchases Without Competitive Bidding; Central Bid Registry; Procurement Cards; Rules and Regulations; Applicability to Emergency Purchases; Purchasing Advisory Council
  (a) If the needed supplies, materials, equipment, or service can reasonably be expected to be acquired for less than $25,000.00 and is not available...
• § 50-5-70 - Purchases for County Boards of Education
  Boards of education of the various counties of this state may petition the Department of Administrative Services to purchase their supplies, such as school...
• § 50-5-71 - Emergency Purchases Authorized; Report of Circumstances
  In case of any emergency arising from any unforeseen causes, including delay by contractors, delay in transportation, breakdown in machinery, unanticipated volume of work,...
• § 50-5-72 - Construction and Public Works Contracts Conducted by Department; Advertising Costs; Exceptions
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part or any other law dealing with the subject matter contained in this Code section to the...
• § 50-5-73 - Goods and Services to Be Obtained From Correctional Industries When Certified As Available
  (a) All services provided or goods, wares, or merchandise produced wholly or in part by the Georgia Correctional Industries Administration and needed by the...
• § 50-5-74 - Goods and Services to Be Obtained From Sheltered Workshops and Training Centers When Certified Available; Standards for Certification of Availability
  Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1736, § 3, effective February 8, 1994.
• § 50-5-75 - Lease or Construction of Warehouse Space Authorized
  The Department of Administrative Services may rent or lease any warehouse space necessary for a period not to exceed five years, provided the Department...
• § 50-5-76 - All Tax Stamps, Tags, and Paraphernalia Evidencing the Payment of Tax to Be Purchased by Department; Requisition and Payment
  (a) All cigarette tax stamps, loose or smokeless tobacco tax stamps, fertilizer tax tags, and other stamps, tags, and paraphernalia evidencing the payment of...
• § 50-5-77 - Multiyear Lease, Purchase, or Lease Purchase Contracts; Required Provisions for Contracts; Calculation and Application of Savings or Enhanced Revenues; External Oversight Committee; Annual Report
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Agency" means every state department, agency, board, bureau, and commission including without limitation the...
• § 50-5-78 - Financial Interest of Department Personnel in Contracts; Acceptance of Benefits From Contractors; Penalty; Removal From Office
  (a) Neither the commissioner of administrative services, nor any assistant of his, nor any employee of the department shall be financially interested or have...
• § 50-5-79 - Purchase Contracts Contrary to Part Void and Officers Personally Liable
  Whenever any department, institution, or agency of the state government required by this part and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this part...
• § 50-5-80 - Unlawful to Use Resources or Methods Established Pursuant to This Article to Obtain Anything of Value for Personal Benefit or Gain; Penalties for Violators; Applicability
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "person" includes natural persons, firms, partnerships, corporations, or associations.(b) It shall be unlawful for any...
• § 50-5-81 - Unlawful for Agencies or Subdivisions to Purchase Other Than United States Produced Beef; Exceptions; Penalty
  (a) It shall be unlawful for the state; any branch, department, agency, board, or commission of the state; any county, municipality, board of education,...
• § 50-5-82 - "State Agency" Defined; Limitations on Contracting for Goods; Role of Department of Revenue
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "state agency" means any authority, board, department, instrumentality, institution, agency, or other unit of state...
• § 50-5-83 - Definitions; Requirements for State Purchasing Card Program
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Agency" or "agencies" means any entity of this state, including any department, agency, division,...
• § 50-5-84 - Contracting With Companies Having Business Operations in Sudan; Scrutinized Companies; Certifications
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Business operations" means engaging in commerce in any form in Sudan, including, but not...

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