Opinion ID: 1841030
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Heading: The Renegotiation Provision

Text: Maintenance characterizes the 1980 contract as a renewal of the 1976 contract and contends that its compliance with the bid law in 1976 obviated the necessity of further compliance with the bid law in 1980. The 1976 contract, however, provided for a four-year term and was therefore void as a matter of law under the authority of Code 1975, § 41-16-57(e), which requires that service contracts be let for no longer than three-year periods. The 1980 contract could not logically be characterized as a renewal of a void agreement and must perforce be deemed a separate contract subject to the bid law. The failure to comply with the competitive bid law therefore renders the 1980 contract void in accordance with Code 1975, § 41-16-51(d).