All procurements will be conducted with the following values:
• Avoid unfair practices and give all qualified vendors an equal opportunity to do businesses with the Town.
• Refuse to accept any form of bribery and prevent any appearance of doing so.
• Receive counsel from colleagues and cooperate with them to promote a spirit of teamwork and unity.
• Behave with fairness and dignity, and demand honesty and truth throughout the procurement process.
• Strive for greater knowledge of procurement methods and the materials and services purchased.
• Purchase without prejudice, stimulate competition on all procurements, and seek to obtain the maximum value for each dollar spent of taxpayer monies.
• Maintain competitive bidding procedures as the primary, preferred, method of procurement.
• Develop material standards that afford a wide area of competitive bidding consistent with the required levels of quality.
• Maintain open, public records of firms solicited, and all prices quoted and paid for items obtained for Town use.
• Furnish clear indications of quality and service required in all bid solicitations.