• 145.01 - Competitive Contracts.
• 145.02 - Noncompetitive Contracts
• 145.03 - Bid Exceeding Estimate
• 145.04 - Award of Contract.
• 145.05 - Approval of Contracts
• 145.06 - Expenditures Exceeding Charter Limitations
• 145.07 - Centralized Purchasing.
• 145.08 - Unlawful Discrimination.
• 145.09 - Certification of Contracts.
• 145.10 - Bid Protests.
• 145.11 - Contracts to Provide Laboratory Services.
• 145.12 - Selection of Professional Design Firms.
• 145.13 - Noncompetitive Design Contracts

145.01   COMPETITIVE CONTRACTS

Except as provided in Section 145.02, the City shall not enter into a contract for any project, improvement or purchase, other than the purchase of real property, without notice of the opportunity to bid on such project, improvement or purchase first being given by advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation within the city for not less than two nor more than four consecutive weeks.
(Ord. 88-319. Passed 5-31-88)

145.02   NONCOMPETITIVE CONTRACTS

The competitive bidding requirement of Section 145.01 shall not apply to the following:

(a) The estimated cost for the entire project, improvement or purchase is less than the project cost requiring formal bids pursuant to Section 45 of the City's Charter; or
(Ord. 91-294. Passed 7-23-91)
(b) The contract entered into involves the performance of personal services of a specialized nature requiring the exercise of peculiar skill and aptitude; or

(c) A real and present emergency exists as determined by a two-thirds vote of the members of the City Commission which requires a waiver of the bidding requirements; or

(d) The requirements for competitive bidding are waived by the Ohio Revised Code.

145.03   BID EXCEEDING ESTIMATE

The city shall not enter into a contract for which the preparation of a cost estimate is required with any person whose bid is in excess of one hundred ten percent (110%) of such estimate; however, if bids are taken for a contract which requires the preparation of a cost estimate and which is divisible into separate parts, then the city may enter into a contract for any such part with a person whose bid does not exceed one hundred ten percent (110%) of the estimated cost of such part.
(Ord. 91-294. Passed 7-23-91)

145.04   AWARD OF CONTRACT

The city shall not enter into any contract for which competitive bidding is required with any person other than the lowest and best bidder.

145.05   APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS

The Director of Law or an attorney authorized by the Director of Law shall approve every contract entered into by the City as to its legal form and correctness. However, the Director of Law or an attorney authorized by the Director of Law may approve the legal form and correctness of preprinted and other standardized contracts prior to their completion and execution by the City.
(Ord. 88-319. Passed 5-31-88.)

145.06   EXPENDITURES EXCEEDING CHARTER LIMITATIONS

The city shall not enter into any contract involving an expenditure in excess of the threshold dollar amount requiring legislative authorization established in Section 735.05 of the Ohio Revised Code, as presently enacted and as it may be amended from time to time by the General Assembly, with any person unless such expenditure is authorized by ordinance and such contract is approved by the City Commission and the City Manager. This section shall not apply to expenditures for the compensation of persons employed by the City.
(Ord. 91-294. Passed 7-23-91.)

145.07   CENTRALIZED PURCHASING

No department or division of the city shall obtain any supplies, materials or equipment without submitting a written requisition for such supplies, materials or equipment to the City's Purchasing Agent. The Director of Finance, with the approval of the City Manager, shall prescribe the form and manner with which such purchase requisitions are submitted to the Purchasing Agent. No officer or employee of the city shall expend any funds or enter into, execute or deliver on behalf of the city any purchase order, contract or other obligation upon the City, either oral or written, without the advance written approval of the Purchasing Agent; provided, however, that the City Manager, or the Director of Finance in the City Manager's absence, may dispense with such procedure if a real and actual emergency exists in connection with the proposed purchase. Provided further, however, that this section shall not apply to purchases or contracts directly authorized by the City Commission by appropriate legislation nor remove the duty of the City Manager to approve vouchers for the payment of funds from the City Treasury.
(Ord. 88-319. Passed 5-31-88.)

Chapter 145 Continued

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