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Title 5 : Municipal Finance and Taxation
Chapter 3 : Purchasing Policy

5-304 : Purchases of $5,000.00 or more not submitted for bids.

Purchases amounting to five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or more that do not require public advertising and sealed bids or proposals, may be allowed only under the following circumstances, except as otherwise provided herein, when such purchases are approved by the governing body:

  1. Sole source of supply or proprietary products as determined after complete search by using department and the purchasing agent, with governing body approval;
  2. Emergency expenditures with subsequent approval of the governing body; Purchases from instrumentalities created by two (2) or more cooperating governments;
  3. Purchases from nonprofit corporations whose purpose or one of whose purpose is to provide goods or services specifically to;
  4. Purchases, leases, or lease-purchases of real property;
  5. Purchases, leases, or lease-purchases from any federal, state, or local governmental unit or agency of secondhand articles or equipment or other materials, supplies, commodities, and equipment;
  6. Purchases through other units of government as authorized by the Municipal Purchasing Law of 1983;
  7. Purchases directed through or in conjunction with the state Department of General Services;
  8. Purchases from Tennessee state industries;
  9. Professional service contracts as provided in Tennessee Code Annotated, § 12-4-106;
  10. Tort Liability insurance as provided in Tennessee Code Annotated, § 29-20-407;
  11. Purchases of fuels, fuel products, or perishable commodities;
  12. Purchases for resale of natural gas and propane gas.

(Ord. #07-19-05-01, July 2005)