The purchasing officer has the following powers and duties:
A. To purchase or contract for supplies, services and equipment required by any using agency in accordance with these purchasing procedures;
B. To promulgate such administrative regulations for the using agencies as may be reasonably necessary for the internal management and operation of these purchasing procedures;
C. To negotiate and recommend execution of contracts for the purchase of supplies, services and equipment;
D. To procure the needed quality in supplies, services and equipment at minimum expense;
E. To discourage uniform quoting or bidding and to obtain as full and open competition as possible on all purchases;
F. To be cognizant of current developments in the fields of purchasing, pricing, marketing conditions and new products;
G. To prescribe such forms as are required by the provisions of this chapter as well as such other forms as may be reasonably necessary to accomplish the purposes hereof;
H. To inspect supplies and equipment delivered as well as contractual services performed to determine their conformance with the specifications set forth in the order or contract; and in this connection, to have the authority for requiring chemical, physical or other tests of samples submitted with quotations or bids or of samplings of deliveries which may be necessary to determine equality and conformance with specifications;
I. To require, at such times and in such form as the purchasing officer shall prescribe, reports from all using agencies showing all supplies and equipment, either surplus, because no longer used or needed, obsolete, or worn out;
J. To recommend the transfer of surplus or unused supplies or equipment among using agencies as needed; and
K. To sell, exchange, or trade the supplies and equipment as declared surplus by the appropriate using agency thereof, provided that the same either are unsuitable for further city use or cannot be reasonably used by any using agency.
(Prior code § 2.97 (Ord. 669, Ord. 709 §1), Ord. 2268)