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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="4-313" title_number="4" title_name="Department of General Services" subtitle_number="3">
  <text>Consistent with Division II of this article, the Secretary or the Chief Procurement Officer shall contract for or purchase any supplies or services for a unit except:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>an item that the Secretary or Chief Procurement Officer:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>determines is strictly perishable;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>determines is impracticable for the unit to purchase through or with the approval of the Secretary or Chief Procurement Officer; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>permits the unit to purchase with the approval of the Secretary or Chief Procurement Officer; or</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>supplies or services authorized by statute to be procured by another primary procurement unit or delegated to another unit.</text>
  </level>
</section>
