RSA 48:17 City Purchasing Departments.

The city councils of any city shall have power to establish an ordinance creating a purchasing department for the city. The administrative head of such department shall be called the city purchasing agent and he shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the city council, or the city council by ordinance may assign the duties of the city purchasing agent to an existing municipal officer. The city purchasing agent shall make all purchases of materials, equipment, and supplies for all departments, officers and agencies of the city under such rules and regulations as he shall promulgate subject to the approval of the city councils. In any city adopting the provisions hereof all departments, officers and agencies of the city shall requisition to the purchasing agent for all purchase