All purchasing and expenditures by the City of Cookeville, Tennessee shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Purchasing Law of 1983, as amended (Tennessee Code Annotated, §§ 6-56-301, et seq.), except that the threshold over which public advertisement and sealed competitive bids or proposals are required for purchases and expenditures shall be twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) as provided in Tennessee Code Annotated, § 12-3-1212. In accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated, § 12-3-1212, at least three written quotations are required when possible for purchases costing less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) but more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Purchases of like items must be aggregated for purposes of the bid threshold.
(Ord. #096-10-23, Oct. 1996, as replaced by Ord. #003-03-05, March 2003, Ord. #010-10-12, Nov. 2010, and Ord. #O22-11-28, Dec. 2022)