§ 10A-103. Centralization of contractual authority.

(a)

All rights, powers, duties, and authority relating to the acquisition of supplies, construction, services, printing, and insurance, and the management, control, warehousing, sale, and disposal of supplies now vested in or exercised by any County agency under the several statutes relating thereto, are the responsibility of the Purchasing Agent as provided herein.

(b)

General Powers of the Purchasing Agent. The Purchasing Agent shall have power and authority over, and shall adopt regulations consistent with this Subtitle, governing the procurement, management, control, and disposal of any and all supplies, services, construction, insurance, and other items required to be procured by the County.

(c)

No agency shall, during any fiscal year, expend or contract to expend any money or incur any liability or enter into any contract which by its terms involves the expenditure of money for any purpose in excess of the amounts appropriated or allotted for the same general classification of expenditure in the budget for such fiscal year, or in any supplemental appropriation as hereinabove provided; and no such payment shall be made nor any obligation or liability incurred, except for purchases in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000), unless the Director of Finance or his designee shall first certify that the funds for the designated purpose are available.

(d)

Except as provided herein or pursuant to authorization by executive order of the County Executive, it shall be unlawful for any County official, elected or appointed, or any employee or person to make, alter, suspend, or terminate any contract or letter contract governed by this Subtitle on behalf of the County other than through the Purchasing Agent; and any such purchase, contract, or letter contract made or changed contrary to the provisions hereof may be declared void by the County.

(CB-1-1992)