Every contract for the procurement of goods and services by the city shall be by competitive bidding, and shall not be approved and let until publication of notice of the intent to so contract and inviting sealed bids shall have first been advertised once per week for a period two successive weeks in one newspaper of general circulation in the city, the last of which publication shall occur no less than five days prior to the meeting of which the bids are to be opened and examined; providing, that the above requirement shall not apply to any contract (including the purchase of goods and services) for a gross amount of less than $5,000, or other amount deemed appropriate by the Municipal Court, nor shall this section preclude the use by the city of, or be applicable to, the purchasing of goods or services through the State Director of the Division of Purchases, as provided by law.
(Prior Code, § 2-8) (Ord. passed 5-24-1983)