(a) Any work or public improvement which is not to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessment or special taxation when the expense thereof will exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00), shall be constructed either:
(1) By a contract let to the lowest responsible bidder after advertising for bids in the manner prescribed by ordinance and statutes, except that any such contract may be entered into by the proper officers without advertising for bids if authorized by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all council members then holding office;
(2) If authorized by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all the council members then holding office, the Superintendent shall supervise and cause to be carried out the construction of the work or other public improvement and shall employ exclusively for the performance of all manual labor therein, laborers or artisans who shall be paid by the Municipality per day or hour; and all material of the value of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) and upward used in the construction of the work or the public improvement shall be purchased by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder in the manner prescribed by these Codified Ordinances. However, nothing contained in this Chapter shall apply to any contract by the City with the federal government or agents thereof.
(b) The lowest responsible bidder does not mean the lowest bidder financially only, but shall mean the bidder who, by experience and other qualifications is deemed most capable of performing the work required in a satisfactory manner.
(c) Notice for bids requiring competitive bids shall be published at least ten days, excluding Sundays and legal holidays, in advance of the day announced for the receipt of bids and simultaneously posted on a bulletin board in the City Hall. Bids shall be publicly opened by the Mayor and shall be open to public inspection at City Hall for at least forty-eight hours before an award is made.
(Ord. 73-5-1. Passed 5-2-73; Ord. 2007-7-04. Passed 7-11-07; Ord. 2022-8-2. Passed 8-24-22; Ord. 2022-10-2. Passed 10-26-22; Ord. 2023-8-5. Passed 8-23-23.)
Statutory reference:
65 ILCS 5/8-9-1