A. General. A contract may be modified by a contract amendment. If the contract was awarded pursuant to a formal competitive process or pursuant to bid process or alternative procurement method authorized by A.R.S. Title 34, the contract amendment shall not be used to substantially alter the specifications in the solicitation except that a contract amendment may be approved to increase or decrease quantities or scope items contained in the original specifications, change the contract time, comply with unforeseen needs for a project, or comply with applicable laws.
B. Contract amendments.
1. All amendments to contracts must be in writing and must be signed by an authorized representative of the contractor and the city. The person authorized by this chapter to approve a contract on behalf of the city may execute amendments to the contract. Unless otherwise authorized in this chapter, if the contract was approved by the City Council, only the City Council may approve an amendment.
2. Contract amendments that increase the contract amount may be approved by the City Manager if the contract amendment is 5% or less than the contract amount and not more than $50,000 for all contract amendments approved for the contract; all other contract amendments that increase the contract amount require the approval of the City Council.
(Ord. 20-1232, passed 5-12-2020)