§ 8. Right to annul contracts. Upon the failure or non-performance of
the terms of any of the contracts awarded pursuant to this chapter on
the part of the contractors with the state, the commissioner of general
services or the state agency may annul the contract in which default is
made and the comptroller shall withhold payment from the contractor for
all work performed thereunder until the damage to the state shall be
ascertained by proper adjudication, and the commissioner of general
services or the state agency, may relet the contract for the balance of
the uncompleted term of a contract so annulled or abrogated in the
manner prescribed in the provisions of this chapter.