The purpose of this subchapter is to provide for the fair and equitable treatment of all activities involved in public purchasing by the town, to maximize the purchasing value of public funds in procurement and to provide safeguards for maintaining a procurement system of quality and integrity. This shall provide, but be not limited to, the following:
(A) To consolidate, clarify and modernize procurement by the town;
(B) To permit the continued development of explicit and thoroughly considered procurement policies and practices;
(C) To require the adoption of competitive procurement practices by all departments of the town;
(D) To promote increased public confidence in the procedures followed in public procurement;
(E) To ensure the fair and equitable treatment of all persons who deal with the procurement system of the town;
(F) To provide increased economy in town procurement activities and to maximize to the fullest extent practicable the purchasing values of public funds;
(G) To foster effective broad based competition for town procurement within the free enterprise system;
(H) To provide safeguards for the maintenance of a procurement system of quality and integrity with clearly defined rules for ethical behavior on the part of all persons engaged in the public procurement process;
(I) To develop an efficient and effective means of delegating roles and responsibilities to the various municipal bodies;
(J) To develop procurement capability responsive to appropriate user needs; and
(K) To develop and provide the techniques and methods of public procurement.
(Ord. 001-3, passed 3-1-2001)