4.04.090 Open market procedure.
Purchases of supplies and equipment of an estimated value less than required by charter for seeking formal bids may be made by the purchasing officer in the open market without observing the procedure prescribed by Section 4.04.080.
A. Minimum Number of Quotations. Open market purchases shall, whenever possible, be based on at least three quotations, and shall be awarded to the lowest responsible party;
B. Inviting Quotations. The purchasing officer shall solicit quotations from responsible prospective suppliers;
C. Quotations. Quotations shall be submitted to the purchasing officer who shall keep a record of all open market orders and quotations for a period of one year after the submission of quotations or the placing of orders. This record, while so kept, shall be open to public inspection.
(Ord. 1975 NCS §3, 1995; Ord. 875 NCS §2; Ord. 586 NCS §1; prior code §2.75.)