Section 633 - Standards and purchases (Adm. Code Section 2403)The Department of General Services shall have the power, and its duty shall be:
(a) to (c) Repealed by 1998, May 15, P.L. 358, No. 57, § 6(a), effective in 180 days. (d) To distribute stationery, paper, and fuel to the legislative and other departments of the government, and arrange for the repairing and furnishing the halls and rooms used for the meetings of the General Assembly and its committees, upon requisition of the Governor, or of the appropriate administrative department or independent administrative board or commission, or the proper officer of the General Assembly, or of the judicial department, as the case may be: Provided, That all requisitions for furniture, materials, or supplies, required by any departmental administrative board, commission or officer, or any advisory board or commission, shall be made by the administrative department with which such departmental administrative board, commission or officer or such advisory board or commission is connected: And provided further, That the department shall not, without the consent of the Governor, honor any requisition from any administrative department, board or commission after the amount of any annual appropriation for furniture, stationery, materials, and supplies allocated to such department, board, or commission by the Governor, shall have been expended for such department, board, or commission;(e) To act as the purchasing agency for any administrative department, or independent administrative or departmental administrative board or commission, which by law is authorized to purchase materials or supplies and pay for the same out of fees or other moneys collected by it, or out of moneys specifically appropriated to it by the General Assembly, except that all departments, boards, and commissions, requiring perishable food-stuffs for use in State institutions may purchase such food-stuffs directly, and any department, board, or commission, having charge of a State institution, which is able, after competitive bidding, to purchase any article for a less price, f.o.b. the institution, than the price at which such article can be furnished by the Department of Property and Supplies, f.o.b. the institution, may purchase such article directly. All purchases made by the Department of Property and Supplies, as purchasing agency under this clause, shall conform to schedule, unless the Board of Commissioners of Public Grounds and Buildings shall specifically authorize a departure from schedule, and all purchases made directly for any State institution shall conform to the specification contained in the schedules, or, if the article be not included in the schedules, then to the standard specification, if any, adopted by the Department of Property and Supplies for the commodity purchased, unless the Board of Commissioners of Public Grounds and Buildings shall have specifically authorized a departure from such specification.(f) To collect, and furnish on request, market prices and such other information as will be serviceable in purchasing to any institution receiving State funds directly or indirectly;(g) Repealed by 1998, May 15, P.L. 358, No. 57, § 6(a), effective in 180 days.(h) Repealed by 2002, Dec. 3, P.L. 1147, No. 142, § 21(a)(1), imd. effective.1929, April 9, P.L. 177, art. XXIV, § 2403. Amended 1931, June 1, P.L. 350, § 1; 1937, June 21, P.L. 1865, § 1; 1943, May 7, P.L. 248, § 4; 1947, July 5, P.L. 1349, § 2; 1951, June 12, P.L. 516, § 2; 1961, April 14, P.L. 90, § 3; 1971, July 9, P.L. 201, No. 31, § 1; 1974, May 10, P.L. 283, No. 85, § 1, imd. effective; 1977, June 27, P.L. 24, No. 17, § 1, imd. effective. Affected 1998, May 15, P.L. 358, No. 57, § 6(a), effective in 180 days; 2002, Dec. 3, P.L. 1147, No. 142, § 21(a)(1), imd. effective.