(A) The City Manager is hereby authorized to participate in any joint purchasing program operated by or through a national or state association of political subdivisions in which the city is eligible for membership.
(B) Acquisitions of equipment, material, supplies, or services, through participation in joint purchasing program under division (A) of this section, is exempt from any advertisement and competitive bidding requirements otherwise required by law, if the contract in question was awarded pursuant to a publicly solicited request for a proposal or a competitive selection procedure of another political subdivision within this state or in another state.
(C) The City Manager is hereby authorized to agree in the name of the City of Piqua to directly pay the vendor, under each such joint purchasing program contract in which it participates, for items it receives pursuant to the contract, and that the City Manager does hereby agree to directly pay the vendor.
(D) If the expenditure of funds for the purchase of equipment, material, supplies, or services under the proposal available through participation in a joint purchasing program exceeds the amount specified by ordinance for which such purchases or services may be accomplished without advertisement and competitive bidding, such expenditure shall first be authorized and directed by ordinance.
(Ord. 1-10, passed 1-19-10; Am. Ord. 8-11, passed 8-16-11; Ord. 3- 12, passed 2-7-12)