(A) All supplies and contractual services, except as otherwise provided herein, when the estimated cost thereof shall exceed $15,000, shall be purchased by formal, written contract from the lowest responsible bidder, after due notice inviting proposals. No contract or purchase shall be subdivided to avoid the requirements of this section. All sales of personal property which have become obsolete or unusable, when the estimated value shall exceed $15,000, shall be sold by formal written contract to the highest bidder, after due notice inviting proposals, or at public auction properly advertised at the discretion of the Council.
(B) All contracts for city improvements, materials, equipment, or services costing more than $15,000 shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the city at least five days before the last day set for receipt of proposals, unless otherwise provided here within. The newspaper notice required herein shall include a general description of the articles or services to be purchased, shall state where bid blanks and specifications may be secured and the time and place for opening bids.
(‘88 Code, § 8.402) (Am. Ord. passed - - ; Am. Ord. 00-12-01, passed 12-19-00)