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Commencement of Procurement Process
38.001 Purposes: rules of construction
38.002 Definitions
38.003 Requisition
38.004 Encumbrance of funds
38.005 Preparation of specifications
Procurement Process: Solicitation and Award; Methods of Source Selection
38.020 Methods of source selection
38.021 Competitive sealed bidding
38.022 Competitive sealed proposals
38.023 Requests for qualifications
38.024 Recurring procurements
38.025 Small purchases
38.026 Sole source procurement
38.027 Procurements pertaining to public emergencies
38.028 Waiver of bid or proposal requirement: extraordinary conditions
38.029 Exempt services
38.030 Exempt investment and insurance
38.031 Record of procurement actions taken with regard to sole source, waiver and emergency procurements
38.032 Federal and state procurement standards: application for competitive grants
38.033 Federal procurement subject to Section 3
Cancellation of Invitations for Bids or Request for Proposals
38.045 Cancellation of invitation for bids or requests for proposals; waiver of minor irregularities
Qualifications and Duties
38.046 Responsibility of bidders and offerors
38.047 Prequalification of suppliers
38.048 Substantiation of offered prices
38.049 Preference for bidders and offerors located in the city
38.050 Reporting of anti-competitive practices
Determinations
38.051 Retention of procurement records
38.052 Finality of determinations
Contracts and Purchase Orders
38.065 Obligations of persons seeking a contract or purchase order with the city; affidavits, disclosures and encumbrances
38.066 Disclosures required by the federal or state governments
38.067 Contractor accounting requirements
38.068 Purchase orders; when required
38.069 Contracts; when required
38.070 Exceptions
38.071 Issuance of purchase orders
38.072 Execution of contracts
38.073 Amendments to contracts
Legal Clauses and Fiscal Responsibility
38.085 Legal clauses for contracts or purchase orders and their administration
38.086 Cancellation due to unavailability of funds in succeeding fiscal years: non-appropriation
38.087 Contract provisions pertaining to an ordinance regarding the hiring of Waterbury residents on certain publicly-funded construction projects
Bonds, Insurance and Guarantees
38.100 Bid or proposal security
38.101 Contract performance and payment bonds
38.102 Authority to require additional security
Legal and Contractual Remedies
38.115 Authority to resolve protested solicitations and awards
38.116 Authority to debar or suspend
38.117 Authority to resolve contract or purchase order and breach of term controversies
Intergovernmental Relations
38.130 Cooperative purchasing authorized
Vendor Payment
38.145 Payment processing requirements
38.146 Payment
38.147 Payment by credit card
General Regulations
38.160 Supplementary general principles of law applicable
38.161 Requirement of good faith
38.162 Application of this chapter
38.163 Severability
38.164 Construction against implicit repealer
38.165 Effective date
38.166 Determinations
Public Access
38.180 Public access to procurement information
38.181 Authorization for the use of electronic transmissions
Procurement Organization and Leadership
38.195 Charter authority for the Department of Purchases
38.196 Authority and duties of the Department of Purchases
Director of Purchasing
38.210 Charter authority for the Director of Purchasing
38.211 Appointment and qualifications
38.212 Tenure, removal and compensation
38.213 Authority of the Director of Purchasing
Organizational Issues Pertaining to Public Procurement and Management
38.225 Centralization of procurement authority
38.226 Delegation of authority by the Director of Purchasing
Role of the Corporation Counsel
38.227 Authority to contract for legal services
38.228 Contracts to be approved by the corporation counsel
38.229 Duties of the corporation counsel
Role of Using Agencies or Department Heads
38.230 Estimate of needs
38.231 Roles and responsibilities of using agencies, department heads and others pertaining to the procurement system
City Procurement Regulations and Policies
38.245 Regulations
38.246 Prohibition against the delegation of the power to promulgate regulations and establish policy
38.247 Regulations and policies shall not change existing contract rights