(A) The following purchases are exempt from the requirements set forth in this subchapter of open and competitive bidding:
(1) Purchase contracts for professional services, which by their nature are not adaptable to award by competitive bidding. Such contracts shall include, but not be limited to, contracts for the services of individuals possessing a high degree of professional skill, such as attorneys, architects, engineers or land surveyors. The requirements to be met and the means and methods to be used in procuring such professional services shall be determined by the City Administrator with the concurrence of the City Council, and the requirements of the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act (ILCS Ch. 50, Act 510, §§ 1 et seq.) shall not be applicable to the procurement of such services.
(2) Purchase contracts for supplies, materials, parts, or equipment, which are available only from a single source.
(3) All purchase orders or contracts for goods and services for which the price to be paid by the city has been established within one year preceding the letting of the proposed contract by the city, by open and competitive bidding through an intergovernmental group of municipalities or other local governments, or an agency of the federal, state or county governments.
(4) All purchase orders or contracts for goods or services for which the requirement of advertising for competitive bids is waived by a two-thirds majority vote of the corporate authorities then holding office, except in such instances where open and competitive bidding is required by Illinois statutes that preempt the exercise of home-rule authority.
(B) Nothing in this subchapter herein will serve to prevent the City Council from authorizing procurement from any federal, state or local governmental unit or agency thereof of any such materials, supplies, commodities or equipment as may be made available through the operation of any legislation heretofore or hereinafter enacted even if the procurement does not conform with the competitive bidding requirements of this chapter.
(Ord. 97-31, passed 10-14-97; Am. Ord. 03-08, passed 6-24-03; Am. Ord. 05-40, passed 1-24-06; Am. Ord. 06-12, passed 8-8-06; Am. Ord. 08-2, passed 5-13-08; Am. Ord. 14-16, passed 4-8-14)