File #: 2009-0424    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/13/2009 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action: 7/27/2009
Enactment date: 8/7/2009 Enactment #: 16609
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to public works bid requirements; and amending Ordinance 12138, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.16.040.
Sponsors: Reagan Dunn, Bob Ferguson, Larry Phillips
Indexes: Public Works
Code sections: 4.16.040 -
Attachments: 1. Ord 16609.pdf, 2. Revised Staff Report , 3. Staff Report 07-21-09
Drafter
Clerk 07/24/2009
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to public works bid requirements; and amending Ordinance 12138, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.16.040.
Body
PREAMBLE:
State law does not contain an exemption from county public works bid requirements for special market conditions, special facilities, or sole sources of supply.  This ordinance makes the King County Code consistent with state law.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
      SECTION 1.  Ordinance 12138, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.16.040 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
      A.  The competitive procurement provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the lease or purchase of tangible personal property or to services of any kind ((which)) that are clearly and legitimately limited to a single source of supply or ((which)) that involve special facilities or special market conditions, in which instances the lease or purchase price shall be established by direct negotiations by the manager.  ((The executive shall approve)) Executive approval is required for such leases or purchases in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars.
      B.  Notwithstanding subsection A. of this section, the competitive bidding requirements for public works may not be waived on the basis of single source of supply, special facilities or special market conditions.