(A) “Contractual services” defined. For the purpose of this section, CONTRACTUAL SERVICES means services performed for the town by persons not in the employment of the town and may include the use of equipment or the furnishing of commodities in connection with such services under express or implied contract. CONTRACTUAL SERVICES includes: travel; freight; express; parcel post; postage; telephone; telegraph; utilities; rents; repairs, alterations and maintenance of buildings, equipment, streets and bridges, and other physical facilities of the town; and other services performed for the town by persons not in the employment of the town.
(B) Purchases allowed. The following may be purchased without giving an opportunity for competitive bidding:
(1) Supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services where cost does not exceed $7,500 in a single transaction;
(2) Supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services which can be furnished only by a single dealer or a sole source vendor, or which have a uniform price wherever bought;
(3) Supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services purchased from another unit of government at a price deemed below that obtainable from private dealers, including war surplus, or purchased at auction at a price deemed below that obtainable elsewhere;
(4) Contractual services (gas, electricity, telephone service and the like) purchased from a public utility at a price or rate determined by the State Corporation Commission or other government authority;
(5) Supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services, when purchased at a price not exceeding a price set therefor by the state purchasing agency or any other state agency authorized to regulate prices for things purchased by the state (whether such price is determined by a contract negotiated with a vendor or otherwise);
(6) Contractual services of a professional nature, such as engineering, architectural, medical and legal services; or
(7) When an emergency is declared to exist.
(Prior Code, § 2-1-5)