Sec. 11B-42. Bridge contracts.

   The County may without competition enter into a contract with a person if:

   (a)   the Director determines that:

      (1)   the person has an existing contract with another public entity for the goods, services, or construction which the County would like to procure;

      (2)   a bridge contract is in the best interest of the County; and

      (3)   the contract between the person and the other public entity was awarded as the result of adequate competition; and

   (b)   the person agrees to provide the County:

      (1)   materially the same specifications being provided the other public entity; and

      (2)   the same prices being charged the other public entity. (1994 L.M.C., ch. 30, § 1.)

   Editor’s note—See County Attorney Opinion dated 3/22/04 indicating that a bridge contract under County law requires adequate competition and that a contract resulting from a federal GSA schedule usually does not satisfy the requirements.