(a) All portions of any permanent improvement performed pursuant to Section 171.02(d), that the construction manager does not perform with its own forces, shall be performed under separate contracts by and between the construction manager and contractors for each separate and distinct trade or kind of mechanical labor, employment or business involved in the permanent improvement. Each contract which exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) shall be awarded by the construction manager to the lowest and best bidder after the contractor has developed trade contractor interest, provided there has been an opportunity for open and fair competition, including:
(1) Reasonable advertisement or notice, by newspaper publication or publication in trade journals or other notice, of the expectation that such contracts will be awarded by the construction manager, and
(2) The provision of an adequate description, through notices to bidders, specifications or other written documents, of the work and labor to be performed, and the materials, supplies, equipment and facilities to be provided to those persons, firms or corporations requesting in writing such description from the construction manager.
(b) Each contract to be awarded by the construction manager which exceeds the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall be approved by Council, by ordinance or resolution, and each contract to be awarded by the construction manager which exceeds twenty- five thousand dollars ($25,000) but does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall be approved in a writing signed by the Mayor or an administrative official or employee of the City designated as authorized to approve such contract by the Mayor.
(Ord. 4-2004. Passed 1-5-04; Ord. 153-2021. Passed 12-6-21.)