A local unit or joint purchasing unit or cooperative pricing system is also authorized to use electronic procurement practices for the following purposes:
Contracts awarded for the administration of electronic procurement practices shall be subject to the requirements of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L. 1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.) and the "Public School Contracts Law,"N.J.S. 18A:18A-1 et seq., except that they shall be considered as purposes for which competitive contracting may be used.
N.J.S. § 40A:11-4.11