Drafter
Clerk 06/11/2008
Title
AN ORDINANCE amending the threshold for competitive bidding requirements for the lease or purchase of tangible personal property or services and the threshold for direct voucher purchases; and amending Ordinance 12138, Section 8, and K.C.C. 4.16.030 and Ordinance 12138, Section 12, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.16.095.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 12138, Section 8, and K.C.C. 4.16.030 are hereby amended to read as follows:
Exceptions to bidding for the lease or purchase of tangible personal property and services or the solicitation of proposals and qualifications and subsequent purchase of either or both professional and((/or)) technical service. In accordance with the provisions of RCW 36.32.245((, RCW)) and 36.32.253 and this chapter, the executive is granted authority to let any contract, lease or purchase of tangible personal property or services ((()), other than professional or technical services(())), involving less than twenty-five thousand dollars, without advertisement and without formal, sealed bidding. The executive is also granted the authority to let any contract for the purchase of professional or technical services without a formal solicitation of proposal process where the value of the contract to the consultant will not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars. When leasing or purchasing tangible personal property or services ((()), other than professional or technical services(())), between ((two)) five thousand ((five hundred)) dollars and twenty-five thousand dollars, the executive shall be responsible for securing either telephone ((and/))or written quotations, or both, from vendors or prospective contractors to assure establishment of a competitive price, and for awarding such contracts to the lowest responsible bidder or proposer. When awarding a professional or technical services contract having a value to the contractor of less than twenty-five thousand dol...

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