All purchases over $100 shall be made after at least informal bidding. Bids shall be taken from at least two and, if possible, three bidders. If an item is a proprietary product, this provision shall be waived, but every effort shall be made to avoid specifications with proprietary items exclusively. Once a bid is taken on an item, unless in a fluid market, no new bids need be sought for re-orders unless more than one year has elapsed since the last quotations were received from the several possible bidders. Major supply contracts, such as for gasoline, fuel oil and the like, shall be reviewed annually.
(Ord. 120-107-6, passed 10-10-1983)