(a) All purchases of and contracts for supplies and contractual services, and all sales of personal property which has become obsolete and unusable, shall, except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, be based, wherever possible, on competitive bids.
(b) For all supplies and contractual services that for a purchase of no less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) and no more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the Purchasing Agent shall solicit three quotations if possible.
(c) For all supplies and contractual services that for a purchase of no less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and no more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), the Purchasing Agent shall be required to receive competitive bids, whenever possible, and submit same to City Council for approval.
(d) If the amount of any proposed expenditure or sale is estimated to exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), the Purchasing Agent shall, unless otherwise approved by Council, solicit sealed bids, and, when deemed necessary by the Agent, such bids shall be accompanied by surety in the form of a check, cash or bond in such amount as prescribed in the notice inviting bids. All bids shall be submitted sealed and shall be opened at the time and place stated in the notice. A tabulation of the bids shall be submitted to Council, and no purchase order shall be written until the tabulation has been approved by Council. The Agent may reject any or all bids when the public interest will be served thereby.
(e) The requirement for sealed bids as provided in subsection (d) hereof shall not apply for professional services, emergency repairs or services, a continuation of services and transactions between governmental units, unless Council deems the same to be necessary. At such times when this requirement is overridden due to emergency repairs or services, the Purchasing Agent shall advise City Council immediately of said purchase and the City Council shall affirm said purchase at the next regularly scheduled meeting.
(f) An emergency as provided in subsection (e), above, is defined as an imminent threat to the health, safety, or welfare of the general public.
(Ord. 655. Passed 9-15-97; Ord. 725. Passed 4-22-02; Ord. 954. Passed 12-19-22.)