The mayor shall contract for and purchase all supplies, materials and equipment for the offices, departments and agencies of the city government; provided, that before any such contract is entered into or such purchase is made involving the expenditure of more than seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500.00), the same shall be approved by the council. Except in cases of purchases of new or used equipment from or through a governmental agency, or purchases of uniforms, bulk orders of concrete, asphalt, sand, gasoline or diesel fuel, or in case of an emergency, all purchases in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) shall be submitted to competitive bidding under such terms as the council shall direct. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the mayor or the council from authorizing leases of equipment as may be provided by law.
The purchase of supplies, equipment, materials that are similar or substantially similar to supplies, equipment or materials made available to the city pursuant to a valid contract competitively bid by the state of Oklahoma, or by any political subdivision thereof, by any other state (or political subdivision thereof), or pursuant to a governmental services administration (GSA) contract shall be deemed to have met the competitive bidding requirements of this section. (Ord. 1165, 2015)