(A) Generally. All using agencies of the city shall file with the Director of Purchasing detailed estimates of their requirements in commodities and contractual services in the manner, at such times, and for future periods as the Director of Purchasing shall prescribe.
(B) Purchases for the Board of Education. The Director of Purchasing shall enforce the provisions of § 7C-4 of the Charter of the city with regard to purchases for the Board of Education. For purposes of enforcing the provisions, "reasonable notice" shall require written notice to the Director of Purchasing on or before March 1 for the school year commencing in the following fiscal year. In all cases where the commodities to be purchased are peculiar to the field of education, the school board's determination as to the specifications of such commodities to be purchased shall be conclusive upon the Purchasing Department without competitive bidding if the competition is unobtainable, and therefore need not be advertised.
(Ord. passed 6-20-2005)