Sponsor
Aldermen McCarthy and Helding
Title
Ordinance No. 11-10
To amend Sec. 46-28 of the Municipal Code of the City of Racine, Wisconsin relating to Purchases over $25,000; advertising for bids, and to create Sec. 46-39 of the Municipal Code of the City of Racine, Wisconsin relating to Procurement of Professional Services.
The Common Council of the City of Racine do ordain as follows:
Part 1:
Sec. 46-28 of the Municipal Code of the City of Racine is hereby amended by deleting in the first sentence “, excepting” and replacing with “other than”; by deleting in the second sentence the word “for.” and by adding the following sentence at the end of the paragraph: “Participation in a bidding process for the same or similar items in association with other governmental units fulfills the bidding requirement.”
Sec. 46-28. Purchases over $25,000.00; advertising for bids.
(a) Bids shall be required for every purchase of materials, supplies, equipment or contractual services other than professional services, the estimated cost of which exceeds $25,000.00. Bids shall be advertised in the manner provided in Wis. Stats. § 62.15, except that the notice shall be published not less than twice and bids shall be received not less than ten days after first publication. Participation in a bidding process for the same or similar items in association with other governmental units fulfills the bidding requirement.
Advertisement for bids shall not be required for any purchase, the estimated cost of which does not exceed $25,000.00, but in such case the purchasing agent shall secure and record at least three informal bids, if practicable.
If the estimated cost of public construction exceeds $5,000.00 but is not greater than $25,000.00, the purchasing agent shall publish one notice of the proposed construction before a contract for the construction is executed. This provision does not apply to public construction if the materials for such a project are donated or if the l...
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