(A) When the estimated cost of supplies, equipment or contractual services is less than $30,000, the purchase shall be made in the open market, without newspaper advertisement and without observing the procedure prescribed for the award of formal contracts in this chapter and shall be referred to as open market purchases. All such purchases shall be awarded by the Purchasing Agent, or his or her designee.
(B) All open market purchases greater than $2,500 and not more than $30,000 shall be acquired after solicitation of two quotations. Purchases provided for under this subsection should be made from the "lowest responsible and responsive bidder", in accordance with the same criteria established in this chapter for the formal contract procedure.
(C) All open market purchases of $2,500 or less may be made without the necessity of soliciting two quotations.
(D) The Purchasing Agent, or his or her designee, may solicit open market quotes by direct mail request to prospective vendors, by public notice on the bulletin board at City Hall, by telephone, by facsimile transmission, by electronic mail, or other electronic means.
(Ord. 2007-2787, passed 3-5-2007; Ord. 2012-2873, passed 5-7-2012)