A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this section, agencies within the executive branch shall coordinate acquisition of computer software maintenance and hardware maintenance contracts through the Purchasing Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. The Purchasing Division may establish consolidation contracts and enterprise agreements for state agencies. The State Purchasing Director may negotiate consolidation contracts, enterprise agreements and high technology system contracts in lieu of or in conjunction with bidding procedures to reduce acquisition cost.
B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the Northeast Oklahoma Public Facilities Authority.
Added by Laws 1995, c. 291, § 1, emerg. eff. May 25, 1995. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 214, § 4, emerg. eff. May 21, 1996; Laws 1998, c. 203, § 5, emerg. eff. May 11, 1998; Laws 1999, c. 289, § 7, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 333, § 2, emerg. eff. June 5, 2000; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 744.