Number
111422
Version
SUBSTITUTE 3
Reference
090352
Sponsor
ALD. BOHL, MURPHY AND DAVIS
Title
A substitute charter ordinance relating to exceptions to bid requirements for city purchases.
Sections
16-05-3-b am
16-05-3-e cr
Analysis
Current charter provisions allow exceptions to the general city bid requirements for city purchases, including the conditions under which the purchasing director may negotiate amendments to existing contracts and grant waivers. This ordinance eliminates provisions related to all single and sole source contracts and adds provisions relating to only single and sole source service contracts. The new provisions require that when a single or sole source service contract of $50,000 or more is executed or an existing single or sole source service contract of less than $50,000 is amended and the original amount of the contract added to the amended amount of the contract is $50,000 or greater, the contract or amendment shall not be effective unless approved by the committee on finance and personnel. This requirement shall not apply to contracts or contract amendments, upon a written waiver by the city purchasing director, that are necessary to respond to emergency situations that threaten life, health or safety, or services provided by the actuary designated under s. 36-15-13. The purchasing director shall report the circumstances surrounding any such waiver to the committee on finance and personnel within the next 2 regularly scheduled common council cycles following the issuance of the waiver. In addition, no waiver granted may be for a contract of longer than one year in duration or may extend a service contract for longer than one year after issuance unless otherwise approved by the committee on finance and personnel.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 16-05-3-b of the city charter is amended to read:
16-05. Purchasing.
3. EXCEPTION TO BID REQUIREMENTS.
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