(A) All contracts or purchases shall be awarded by competitive sealed bidding, except as otherwise provided by KRS 45A.370 to 45A.385 and for the purchase of wholesale electric power by municipal utilities as provided in KRS 96.901(1).
(B) The invitation for bids shall state that the award shall be made on the basis of the lowest bid price or the lowest evaluated bid price. If the latter is used, the objective measurable criteria to be utilized shall be set forth in the invitation for bids.
(C) Adequate public notice may include posting on the Internet or publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the local jurisdiction not less than seven days before the date set for the opening of the bids. The public notice shall include the time and place the bids will be opened and the time and place where the specifications may be obtained.
(D) The bids shall be opened publicly at the time and place designated in the invitation for bids. Each bid, together with the name of the bidder, shall be recorded and be open to public inspection. Electronic bid opening and posting of the required information for public viewing shall satisfy the requirements of this section.
(E) A contract shall be awarded with reasonable promptness by written notice to the responsive and responsible bidder whose bid is either the lowest bid price or the lowest evaluated bid price.
(F) The city may allow the withdrawal of a bid where there is a patent error on the face of the bid document, or where the bidder presents sufficient evidence, substantiated by bid worksheets, that the bid was based upon an error in the formulation of the bid price.
(Ord. 09-09, passed 10-19-09)