Ordinance 2263-97 - Laserfiche WebLink

(d) Contracts for personal or professional services involving peculiar skill or ability where the performance of the contract depends on the skill and ability of the persons or company rendering the service; provided that the mayor shall advertise for proposals from engineers, architects and other persons whose services are licensed under RCW Chapters 18 . 08 , 18 . 43 or 18 . 96 ; (e) Purchases or contracts where the city council determines that there is only one available source capable of supplying the subject matter of the purchase or contract; (f) Work performed by city personnel; (g) Public works of less than one hundred thousand dollars when a small works roster is used and contracts are awarded as provided by RCW 35 . 22 . 620 (7) ; (h) Acquisition of electronic data processing and telecommunications systems using competitive negotiations as provided by Chapter 257, S .H.B. No. 2664 , Laws of 1996 . be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows : The mayor and purchasing manager for the city shall : (1) establish procedures for cost-effective and timely acquisition of materials, equipment, supplies, miscellaneous services and public works, considering availability, service, convenience and cost ; and (2) establish policies and procedures for purchases made pursuant to Chapter 39 . 34 RCW, the Interlocal Cooperation Act . Formal competitive bidding shall not be required in the following instances : (a) Purchase of materials, equipment or supplies of less than twenty-five thousand dollars; provided that for materials, equipment or supplies costing between twenty- five thousand dollars and two hundred fifty thousand dollars, the city council may authorize purchases based on the low bid obtained through the formal bidding process of other governmental agencies; (b) Public works of less than twenty thousand dollars for one craft or trade or thirty-five thousand dollars for more than one craft or trade; (c) Purchases made or contracts entered into pursuant to a resolution by the city council declaring an emergency to exist ; provided, however, if the emergency is of such urgency to preclude any delay, the mayor may authorize purchases made and contracts entered into so long as a resolution declaring an emergency to exist is brought before council as soon as practicable; (d) Contracts for personal or professional services involving peculiar skill or ability where the performance of the contract depends on the skill and ability of the persons or company rendering the service; provided that the mayor shall advertise for proposals from engineers,