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IV. Competitive Bidding Process

Competitive Bids/Proposals

Unless otherwise specified by law, all procurements of $50,000 or more shall be
awarded by competitive bidding pursuant to current state law (on insurance purchases
competitive bids are required on contracts greater than $5,000 for municipalities with a
population less than 25,000), and shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, or
the bidder who provides the goods or services at the best value to the City (if the bid
specification provides for best value bidding; see section 10c below). The City may not
split purchases (i.e., component, separate or sequential) to circumvent the competitive
requirements or the $50,000 limit. The City may reject any and all bids.

Exemptions from competitive bids/proposals include but are not limited to:

Emergency Procurements – A public calamity requiring the prompt purchase of
items to provide for public needs or to preserve property; an item necessary to
preserve or protect the public health or safety of residents; an item made
necessary by unforeseen damage to public machinery, equipment or other
property.

Personal Services – Services involving the personal, intellectual or manual labor
of an individual; in other words, an act done personally by a particular individual
for the benefit of another.

Professional Services – Services performed within the scope of practice (or
provided in connection with the employment of a licensed person in the areas of
practice) of accounting, architecture, landscape architecture, land surveying,
medicine, optometry, professional engineering, real estate appraising or
professional nursing. Methods for procuring these services are set forth in the
Texas Government Code, Chapter 2254, also known as the Professional
Services Procurement Act.

Planning Services – Services primarily intended to guide governmental policy to
ensure the orderly and coordinated development of municipal land areas.

Sole Source Procurement – The item is available from only a single source
because of patents, copyrights, secret processes or natural monopolies; films,
manuscripts, or books; electricity, gas, water and other utility services; captive
replacement parts or components for equipment.

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