HomeMy Public PortalAbout07411 O R D I N A N C E NO. 7411
REPEALED BY ORDINANCE BY 9673 - 9/14/95
AN ORDINANCE, amending Ordinance No. 3716 as adopted
February 28, 1979, by repealing Section Ten thereof, and enacting a
new Section Ten in lieu thereof, increasing the dollar limit on the
amount of purchases that may be made by a using agency on the
District's Purchase Authorization form from $100.00 to $250.00,
and also increasing the lower limit for emergency purchases from
$100.00 to $250.00 that require a confirming Purchase Order number
from the Purchasing Division.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
Section One. Section Ten of Ordinance No. 3716 as
adopted February 28, 1979, is hereby repealed.
Section Two. Section Ten of Ordinance No. 3716 as
amended shall read as follows:
Section Ten. "All purchases of supplies and contractual
services of less than the estimated value of Ten Thousand Dollars
($10,000.00) may be made in the open market without newspaper
advertisement and without observing the procedure prescribed in
Section Twelve hereof for award of formal contracts.
(1) All open market purchases shall, wherever possible,
be based on at least three (3) competitive bids and shall be
awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder in
accordance with the standards set forth in Section Nine, Sub-
Paragraph 5, hereof. The Purchasing Manager shall solicit bids by
direct mail and or by telephone from prospective vendors. The
Purchasing Manager shall keep a record of all open requisitions and
the bids submitted in competition thereon and such record shall be
open to public inspection.
(2) Purchases, in the amount of $250.00 or less may be
made by the using agency on the District's Purchase Authorization
Form. Any emergency purchase over $250.00 but less than $10,000.00
cannot be made without first obtaining a confirming purchase order
number from the Purchasing Division."
The foregoing Ordinance was adopted March 23, 1988.
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