Title 5, Counties

(1) The county purchasing agent has exclusive power and it is the purchasing agent's duty to:(1) Contract for and purchase all supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services required by each and every official, agency, office, department or employee of the county governm…

(a) A county purchasing commission is hereby created. (b) (1) The commission shall consist of five (5) members, one (1) of whom shall be the county mayor; the remaining four (4) shall be appointed by the county mayor with the approval of the county governing body.(2) The members …

(1) The county purchasing agent, with the assistance of the county purchasing commission, shall adopt, promulgate, and may from time to time amend, rules and regulations for the purchase of supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services and specifically for the following…

(a) (1) All purchases of and contracts for purchases of supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services, and all contracts for the lease or rental of equipment, and all sales of county-owned property that has become surplus, obsolete or unusable, shall be based wherever p…

Except in emergencies, no order for delivery on a contract or open market order for supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services for any county department or agency shall be awarded unless it shall be first certified by the director of accounts and budgets, or other cou…

(a) The county purchasing agent may authorize any department or agency of the county government to purchase in the open market, without filing requisition or estimate, any supplies, materials or equipment for immediate delivery in actual emergencies arising from unforeseen causes…

(a) Each purchase order or contract issued or executed pursuant to this chapter shall be evidenced by a written order signed by the county purchasing agent, which shall give all significant details respecting such order or contract. (b) A copy of such order shall be furnished the…

(a) It is the duty of the county purchasing agent to:(1) Classify the requirements of the county government for supplies, materials and equipment;(2) Adopt as standards the smallest number of quantities, sizes and varieties of such supplies, materials and equipment consistent wit…

The county shall be liable for the payment of all purchases of supplies, materials, equipment and contractual service made in accordance with this chapter, but shall not be liable for the payment of such purchases made contrary to its provisions.

(a) The county purchasing agent, members of the county purchasing commission, members of the county legislative body, and other officials of the county shall not:(1) Have a direct interest in a contract or purchase order for supplies, materials, equipment, or contractual services…

(a) This part shall not apply to county school funds for any purpose, the county board of education and the county director of schools, unless approved by the commissioner of education. (b) Upon request by a majority vote of the local board of education and with the approval of t…

This part is not exclusive and shall not prevent the adoption of amendments to existing special or local purchasing laws, or the enactment of special or local purchasing acts.

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “County Purchasing Law of 1983.”

(1) This part applies to all purchases by authorized officials in all counties using or encumbering county funds, except that this part does not apply to purchases:(1) Made from county highway funds pursuant to § 54-7-113;(2) Made from county education funds pursuant to § 49-2-20…

All purchases made from funds subject to the authority of this part shall be made within the limits of the approved budget and the appropriations made for the department, office or agency for which the purchase is made.

(1) All purchases and leases or lease-purchase agreements shall be made or entered into only after public advertisement and competitive bid, except as follows:(1) Purchases costing less than the maximum applicable threshold over which public advertising and sealed competitive bid…

All purchases, leases, or lease-purchase agreements with expenditures of less than the maximum applicable threshold established pursuant to § 12-3-1212 in a fiscal year may be made in the open market without newspaper notice, but must, wherever possible, be based upon at least th…

(a) County governing bodies are specifically authorized to lower the dollar amounts required in this part for public advertisement and competitive bidding to an amount to be set by the county governing body. (b) County governing bodies are specifically authorized to adopt regulat…

(a) Bid specifications for purchases of chemical products pursuant to this chapter shall require that the manufacturer of the chemical products create and maintain a material safety data sheet (MSDS) for such chemical products on the national MSDSSEARCH repository or the manufact…