1. General Required. Except as otherwise provided in this Part, no contract for supplies, material, labor, franchise, or other valuable consideration, to be furnished to or by the Township, shall be authorized on behalf of the Township except with the lowest responsible bidder after competitive bidding. All specifications shall be written so as to be applicable to more than one supplier.
2. Exceptions. Competitive bidding shall not be required for:
A. Labor or services rendered by any Township employee.
B. Labor, material, supplies or services furnished by one Township depart ment to another Township department.
C. Those where particular types, models or pieces of new equipment, articles, apparatus, appliances, vehicles or parts thereof are desired which are patented and available from only one source.
D. Contracts for labor, material, supplies or services aggregating less than $18,500 (as adjusted pursuant to § 1-224, below) for the item in the year supplied. [Ord. 534]
E. Contracts relating to the acquisition or use of real property.
F. Contracts for professional or unique service.
G. Contracts for emergency repair of public works of the Township.
H. Contracts with other governmental entities, authorities, agencies or political subdivisions.
(Ord. 182, 8/14/85; as amended by Ord. 340, 7/3/1996; by Ord. 534, 12/5/2012, § 2; and by Ord. 593, 4/4/2018)