(A) Except as otherwise provided in § 33.039, before the City Manager makes any purchase of, or contract for, supplies, materials, equipment, or contractual services, he or she shall submit to at least three persons, firms, or corporations dealing in and able to supply the same, or to a smaller number if there are not three dealing in and able to supply the same, a request for quotation or invitation to bid and specifications, to give them opportunity to bid. As an alternative, the City Manager may publish notice of the proposed purchase in a newspaper of general circulation within the city.
(B) He or she shall favor a person, firm, or corporation in the city, when this can be done without additional cost to the city, but he or she shall submit requests for quotation to those outside the city, when necessary to secure bids or to create competitive conditions, or when he or she thinks that, by so doing, he or she can make a saving for the city, and shall purchase from them when he or she can make a saving for the city.
(C) (1) All bids shall be sealed and shall be opened in public at a designated time and place.
(2) The Manager may repeatedly reject all bids and may again submit to the same or other persons, firms, or corporations, the request for quotations or invitation to bid, or again publish notice of the proposed purchase.
(D) He or she shall purchase from the bidder whose bid is most advantageous to the city, considering price, quality, date of delivery, and the like, and, in case of a tie, may cast lots to determine from whom to make a purchase, or may divide the purchase among those tying, always accepting the bid or bids most advantageous to the city.
(Prior Code, § 33.038)
Statutory reference:
Competitive bidding on public construction projects, see 61 O.S. §§ 101 et seq.