All purchases of supplies, materials, equipment, or contractual services, when the estimated cost thereof shall exceed $500 but shall not exceed $2,000 in the current budget year, shall be made after solicitation of quotations by telephone or by request for written quotation by letter, by fax, over the internet, or through a catalog and a record kept of each quotation so obtained. The Purchasing Director shall endeavor to contact at least 3 vendors on the bidders list and purchase the required goods or services from the lowest responsible, responsive vendor. Provided, however, that the County Administrator may require that vendors submit written bids or quotations when the procedure is deemed by him or her to be in the public interest. The Purchasing Director shall approve the purchase by signing the purchase order form.
(Ord. 01-02-04, passed 1-7-2004; Am. Ord. 10-42-06, passed 11-15-2006)