(A) Before the General Services Director (also known as Purchasing Director) makes any purchase of, or contract for, supplies, materials, capital items, or insurance services in an amount less than $75,000, the General Services Director shall obtain a quote from at least one responsible source of supply.
(B) (1) Any purchase of supplies, materials, capital items, or insurance services in the amount of $75,000 or more shall first require a minimum of three written quotes. The General Services Director or designee shall have the authority to approve purchases in an amount less than $200,000 with the concurrence of the City Manager. Except as otherwise provided herein, any purchase as set forth above in the amount of $200,000 or more shall be approved by the City Commission.
(2) In addition to the purchases described in subsection (1) above, the General Services Director or designee shall have the authority to approve all other purchases in an amount less than $200,000, with the concurrence of the City Manager.
(C) The General Services Director, with the concurrence of the City Manager, shall have the authority to approve the award of all nonconstruction capital budget items that had been approved for the current fiscal year budget during the normal budget process. The approval authority is, regardless of purchase cost, subject to funding appropriations and is not a waiver of the competitive bidding requirements in § 32.39 herein.
(D) (1) Contracts to be awarded for the construction or improvement of a public building, structure or other public construction works that are projected to cost more than $300,000 per project must be competitively bid, per § 255.20, F.S., and approved by the City Commission. In addition, electrical work projects estimated to cost more than $75,000 must be competitively bid to an appropriately licensed contractor per the above statute. Any such construction project which is projected to cost less than the $300,000 threshold above may be awarded by the City Engineer or designee with the concurrence of the City Manager and General Services Director.
(2) For construction or improvement contracts to be awarded for the construction or improvement of a public building or other public construction works for projects costing less than $75,000, one quote must be obtained before the contract is awarded. For those construction or improvement projects costing more than $75,000 up to $150,000, at least two quotes must be obtained. For those construction or improvement projects costing $150,000 up to $300,000, at least three quotes must be obtained.
(3) Bids or proposals for any city construction project that are required to be competitively solicited and are projected to cost more than $200,000 shall be publicly advertised pursuant to the requirements set forth in § 255.0525, F.S., and as may subsequently be amended.
(Special Acts, Ch. 57-1754, § 39; Ch. 61-2712, § 13; Ch. 65-2141, § 5) ('58 Code, § 2.24.3) (Ord. 73-10, passed 1-3-73; Am. Ord. 84-61, passed 6-5-84; Am. Ord. 85-65, passed 7-16-85; Am. Ord. 90-48, passed 6-26-90; Am. Ord. 96-59, passed 4-9-96; Am. Ord. 2017-27, passed 2-28-17; Am. Ord. 2024-19, passed 1-23-24)