Section 50.783

Title VI COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION GOVERNMENT

Chapter 50

Effective - 28 Aug 2005, 4 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  50.783.  Waiver of competitive bid requirements, when — rescission of waiver, when — single feasible source purchases. — 1. The county commission may waive the requirement of competitive bids or proposals for supplies when the commission has determined in writing and entered into the commission minutes that there is only a single feasible source for the supplies. Immediately upon discovering that other feasible sources exist, the commission shall rescind the waiver and proceed to procure the supplies through the competitive processes as described in this chapter. A single feasible source exists when:

  (1) Supplies are proprietary and only available from the manufacturer or a single distributor; or

  (2) Based on past procurement experience, it is determined that only one distributor services the region in which the supplies are needed; or

  (3) Supplies are available at a discount from a single distributor for a limited period of time.

  2. On any single feasible source purchase where the estimated expenditure is three thousand dollars or over, the commission shall post notice of the proposed purchase. Where the estimated expenditure is five thousand dollars or over, the commission shall also advertise the commission's intent to make such purchase in at least one daily and one weekly newspaper of general circulation in such places as are most likely to reach prospective bidders or offerors and may provide such information through an electronic medium available to the general public at least ten days before the contract is to be let.

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(L. 2005 H.B. 58)