All purchase or contracts involving an expenditure of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) shall, whenever possible, be based on at least three (3) bids and shall be awarded to the lowest and best bidder giving full consideration to the goals fixed under Chapter 187 of these Codified Ordinances. The Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies shall post a list of the requisitions requesting the purchases on a bulletin board open to public inspection for a period of not less than forty-eight (48) hours prior to the time fixed for the taking of bids, and if no satisfactory bid is received under the posting, he or she shall solicit bids by direct mail or by telephone to prospective vendors. Anything in the foregoing notwithstanding, the Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies is authorized under Section 108(b) of the Charter to purchase supplies, services, materials and equipment through cooperative agreements involving an expenditure of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) using state procedures and may sign all documents with the State of Ohio or any of its political subdivisions that are necessary to make the purchases, and may enter into one (1) or more contracts with the vendors selected though that cooperative process.
(Ord. No. 1737-08. Passed 12-8-08, eff. 12-10-08)