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File #: 111161    Version:
Type: Charter Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 12/20/2011 In control: FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 1/18/2012
Effective date: 4/4/2012    
Title: A substitute charter ordinance implementing provisions of 2011 Wisconsin Act 32 relating to the city’s use of reverse auctions in public works projects.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Indexes: PURCHASING PROCEDURES
Attachments: 1. Hearing Notice List, 2. Notice Published on 2-3-12
Number
111161
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
101210
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
A substitute charter ordinance implementing provisions of 2011 Wisconsin Act 32 relating to the city’s use of reverse auctions in public works projects.
Sections
7-14-1-b am
Analysis
This ordinance establishes that a reverse auction shall not be used in awarding any competitive bid contract for the construction, execution, repair, remodeling or improvement of a public work or building, or for the furnishing of supplies or material of any kind for the construction, execution, repair, remodeling or improvement of a public work or building, consistent with 2011 Wisconsin Act 32.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 7-14-1-b of the city charter is amended to read:
7-14. Duties when Common Council Orders Public Works.
1. SEALED BIDS, REVERSE AUCTION BIDS, ETC.
b. The commissioner of public works shall solicit sealed, competitive bids, or conduct a reverse auction as defined s. 16-05-3-d, or a combination of these 2 methods when awarding contracts under this section. The commissioner of public works shall establish and maintain a reverse auction bidding process, either in-house, or through a hosting vender, or by sharing the reverse auction vehicle established by the city purchasing director, and this reverse auction bidding process shall comply with vender notice and fairness policies. This reverse auction bidding process shall be designed, established and used as a tool to ensure goods and services purchased by the city are purchased at market-competitive rates. >>Under this section, a reverse auction shall not be used in awarding a contract for the construction, execution, repair, remodeling or improvement of a public work or building, or for the furnishing of supplies or material of any kind for the construction, execution, repair, remodeling or improvement of a public work or building required by law to be let ...

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