A. General Authority: The city administrator shall be the purchasing manager and soliciting agent for the city of Heppner and is hereby authorized to issue all solicitations and to award all city of Heppner contracts for which the contract price does not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00). The city administrator is authorized to issue all solicitations and prepare bid documents and advertisements for all contracts. However contracts estimated to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) shall be reviewed and awarded by the city council. Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the purchasing manager may adopt and amend all solicitation materials, contracts and forms required or permitted to be adopted by contracting agencies under the Oregon public contracting code or otherwise convenient for the city of Heppner's contracting needs. The purchasing manager or his or her designee shall hear all solicitation and award protests.
B. Solicitation Preferences: When possible, the purchasing manager shall use solicitation documents and evaluation criteria that:
1. Give preference to goods and services that have been manufactured or produced in the state of Oregon if price, fitness, availability and quality are otherwise equal; and
2. Give preference to goods that are certified to be made from recycled products when such goods are available, can be substituted for nonrecycled products without a loss in quality, and the cost of goods made from recycled products is not significantly more than the cost of goods made from nonrecycled products.
C. Delegation Of Purchasing Manager's Authority: Any of the responsibilities or authorities of the purchasing manager under this chapter may be delegated and subdelegated by written directive or administrative order.
(Ord. 550-05, 3-14-2005; amd. Ord. 588-22, 6-14-2022)