(A) For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definition applies unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.
CONTRACTUAL SERVICES.
(a) Services performed for the city by persons not in the employment of the city, and may include the use of equipment or the furnishing of commodities in connection with such services under express or implied contract.
(b) CONTRACTUAL SERVICES include travel; freight; express; parcel post; postage; telephone; telegraph; utilities; rent; repairs, alterations and maintenance of buildings, equipment, streets, bridges and other physical facilities of the city and other services performed for the city by persons not in the employment of the city.
(B) The following may be purchased without giving an opportunity for competitive bidding:
(1) Supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services where the cost does not exceed $50,000 in a single transaction;
(2) Supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services which can be furnished only by a single dealer or a sole-source vendor, or which have a uniform price wherever bought;
(3) Supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services purchased from another unit of government at a price deemed below that obtainable from private dealers, including war surplus, or purchased at auction at a price deemed below that obtainable elsewhere;
(4) Contractual services, such as gas, electricity, telephone service and the like, purchased from a public utility at a price or rate determined by the State Corporation Commission or other government authority;
(5) Supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services when purchased at a price not exceeding a price set therefor by the state’s purchasing agency or any other state agency authorized to regulate prices for things purchased by the state, whether such price is determined by a contract negotiated with a vendor or otherwise;
(6) Contractual services of a professional nature, such as engineering, architectural, medical and legal services; or
(7) When an emergency is declared to exist.
(Prior Code, § 7-105) (Ord. 2008-02, passed 5-14-2008)