(A) General. All city purchasing shall be made by competitive sealed bids as provided in § 5-5-28 of this article, except purchases made through the following procurement methodologies or methodologies approved by the Chief Procurement Officer and determined in writing to be in the best interest of the city.
(1) § 5-5-11, Capital Projects;
(2) § 5-5-26, Small Purchases;
(3) § 5-5-27, Request for Quotes;
(4) § 5-5-29, Purchases of Professional/ Technical Services;
(5) § 5-5-30, Competitive Sealed Proposals;
(6) § 5-5-32, Sole Source Purchases;
(7) § 5-5-33, Purchasing from Government Contracts;
(8) § 5-5-34, Rapid Procurement;
(9) § 5-5-35, Emergency Purchases;
(10) § 5-5-36, Insurance Related Purchases;
(11) § 5-5-37, Purchases of Appraisal Services;
(12) § 5-5-38, Purchases of Attorney Services;
(13) § 5-5-39, Purchases of Social Services;
(14) § 5-5-40, Intergovernmental Agreements.
(B) Cost plus contracts. The city shall not enter into any contract which is a cost-plus-percentage of cost contract, unless the contract meets the requirements in this article for an emergency purchase.
(C) Purchase splitting prohibited. Separate purchases of the same or similar goods, services or construction, whether from the same or different businesses, within a time frame established by the Chief Procurement Officer, shall be considered a single purchase for purposes of this article.
(D) Federal funding. When a procurement involves the expenditure of federal funds, the procurement shall be conducted in accordance with mandatory applicable federal law and regulations. When mandatory applicable federal law or regulations are inconsistent with the provisions of this article, the city shall comply with the most restrictive requirement.
(Ord. 26-2011; Am. Ord. 2019-005)