(1) The Revisor of Statutes may, subject to the approval of the Executive Board of the Legislative Council, negotiate and enter into a contract without advertising for bids for the editing, printing, binding, and publication, under his supervision and direction, of the supplements and reissued or replacement volumes to the statutes of Nebraska.

(2) The Revisor of Statutes shall cause a sufficient number of copies of such volumes to be printed under contract according to specifications to be formulated by the Revisor of Statutes.