For purposes of this chapter, purchases of supplies, services, and equipment are categorized as follows:
A. General Purchases. General purchases include all goods and non-professional services. Non-professional services are generally services not rendered by a person with specialized knowledge or skills that require credentials such as a college degree or a professional license and include the following examples: facility or maintenance services, landscaping services, recycling services, plumbing services, electricians, pest control, equipment repair and maintenance, equipment rental, security guard services, alarm monitoring, window washing, and janitorial services.
B. Professional Services. Professional services are services provided by members of an occupation that usually involve a specialized knowledge/skills, formal qualification and prolonged training in a profession. Professional service examples include accountants, actuaries, temporary staffing companies, appraisers, architects, attorneys, computer consultants, economic and finance consultants, insurance brokers and consultants, engineers, geologists, land surveyors, inspectors and planners, marketing, and media experts, software as a service (SaaS), etc. The general selection criteria for determining which firm will be selected includes, but is not limited to:
1. Consultant’s relative experience, approach, availability, knowledge of the subject area;
2. Fees for services shall be considered but shall not be an overriding consideration.
C. Public Projects/Construction. “Public project” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 22002 of the California Public Contract Code, or successor stature thereto, as may be amended from time to time. (Ord. 414 § 3, 2022)