1990-01-08 Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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• • 5.02. Purchase Procedure All purchases made and contracts executed by the city shall be pursuant to a requisition from the head of the office, department or agency whose appropriation will be charged, and no contract or order shall be binding upon the city unless and until the city manager or his designee approves the same and certifies that there is to the credit of such office, department or agency a sufficient unencumbered appropriation and allotment balance to pay for the supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services for which the contract or order is to be issued. Before the city may enter into a contract that requires an expenditure of more than $5,000.00, the City must comply with the procedure prescribed by Chapter 252, Texas Local Government Code, for competitive sealed bidding or competitive sealed proposals. The city may use the competitive sealed proposals procedure only for high technology procurements. Council may by ordinance confer upon the city manager general authority to contract for expenditures without further approval of council for budgeted items not exceeding $5,000.00. All contracts for expenditures involving more than $5,000.00 must be expressly approved in advance by council. If the competitive sealed bidding requirement applys to the contract, the contract must be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. Council or the city manager, in such cases as he is authorized to contract for the city, may reject any and all bids. If the competitive sealed proposals requirement applys to the contract, the contract must be awarded to the responsible offeror whose proposal is determined to be the most advantageous to the city considering the relative importance of price and the other evaluation factors included in the request for proposals. Council by ordinance may increase the $5,000.00 limitation herein provided to conform to subsequent increases authorized by state law. Contracts for professional services for which bidding is prohibited by state law shall not be let on competitive bids. Procurement of architectural or engineering services shall be in accordance with the Professional Services Procurement Act. In the event of conflict between any provision of this section and state law, the provisions of state law shall prevail.