A public entity may enter into a contract with a private firm or public authority for the provision of wastewater treatment services, the procurement for which contract commenced prior to the effective date of P.L. 1995, c.216 (C.58:27-19 et al.), if the procurement was initiated in anticipation of the enactment of the act and the procurement otherwise complies with the provisions of the act.
N.J.S. § 58:27-27