GA Code § 50-5-57 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 50 - State Government|Chapter 5 - Department of Administrative Services|Article 3 - State Purchasing|Part 1 - General Authority, Duties, and Procedure|§ 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 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.   (Ga. L. 1950, p. 181, § 1; Ga. L. 1979, p. 659, § 3.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   General Services Administration as certified supply source.   - Department has the authority to establish the General Services Administration as a certified source of supply for the state agencies. 1971 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 71-114.   Liquified petroleum gas.   - Liquified petroleum gas is a usable commodity within the term "supplies" as used in this section; it is the duty of the department to obtain competitive bids for the purchase of liquified petroleum gas for use and consumption by the state government. 1958-59 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 313.   Department not required to purchase certain signs.   - Signs which are the result of creative commercial art as practiced by a professional advertising firm are neither supplies, material, nor equipment, the purchase of which would be required of the department in accordance with this section. 1963-65 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 280.   Procurement of health insurance contracts.   - State Personnel Board, and not the Department of Administrative Services, has the exclusive authority to contract with health maintenance organizations for health insurance benefits for state employees and public school teachers under the State Health Benefit Plan. 1987 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 87-32.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 258. 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Works and Contracts, §§ 8, 13. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, §§ 73, 74, 78.   C.J.S.   - 81A C.J.S., States, § 274 et seq.