IC 5-22-12-6: Purchase of articles listed in catalog

Sec. 6. (a) Whenever a governmental body needs an article listed in the catalog published under section 5 of this chapter, the governmental body:

(1) shall give the bureau a reasonable time to produce or supply the article; and

(2) except for an article produced by the department of correction, may not elsewhere:

(A) contract for;

(B) purchase; or

(C) pay a bill for;

an article described in the catalog unless the article cannot be furnished by the bureau.

(b) A governmental body may contract elsewhere for purchase of an article described in the catalog if the bureau gives a written statement that the bureau cannot furnish the article.