6. Any purchase, contract, or agreement may be made, negotiated or awarded by a State college without public advertising for bids and bidding therefor, notwithstanding that the cost or contract price will exceed the appropriate threshold amount, as adjusted and established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1986, c.43 (C. 18A:64-54), when an emergency affecting the health, safety or welfare of occupants of college property requires the immediate delivery of the materials or supplies or the performance of the work, if the purchases, contracts or agreements are awarded or made in the following manner:

a. A written requisition for the performance of the work or the furnishing of materials or supplies, certified by the employee in charge of the building, facility or equipment where the emergency occurred, is filed with the contracting agent or his deputy in charge describing the nature of the emergency, the time of its occurrence, and the need for invoking this section. The contracting agent, or his deputy in charge, being satisfied that the emergency exists, is authorized to award a contract for the work, materials or supplies.

b. Upon the furnishing of the work, materials or supplies in accordance with the terms of the contract or agreement, the contractor furnishing the work, materials or supplies is entitled to be paid therefor and the State college is obligated for the payment.

c. The board of trustees may prescribe rules and procedures to implement the requirements of this section.

L.1986,c.43,s.6; amended 1997, c.292, s.3; 2005, c.369, s.6; 2021, c.417, s.6.