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ORDINANCE NO. NS-1477 <br />PAGE FOUR <br /> <br /> (c) Opening of Bids. The bids shall be opened, <br />if sealed, and declared in public at the time and place <br />stated on the "Invitation for Bid" only when required by <br />Federal regulations or upon a bidder request. <br /> <br /> (d) Award of Contract. Upon examination of all <br />bids and a determination of the lowest and best bidder, the <br />contract shall be awarded to the successful bidder. The <br />right to reject any or all bids is expressly reserved to the <br />City. <br /> <br />Sec. 2-807. Open Market Purchases. <br /> <br /> Any contract involving exenditure of public funds, <br />even though not required to be let by competitive bidding <br />after publication of notice, shall nevertheless be entered <br />into only after review of such alternative sources of supply <br />or performance as may be available in competition with one <br />another and selection therefrom on the basis of obtaining <br />maximum quality goods, services, or performance at minimum <br />costs. Purchases may be made in the open market without <br />observing the bidding requirements prescribed by the City <br />Charter or this Article in each and every one of the <br />following cases: <br /> <br /> (a) Purchases of services, supplies, materials, <br />and equipment, the expenditure for which does not exceed <br />$5,000.00. <br /> <br /> (b) Purchases of services, supplies, materials <br />and equipment whenever it shall appear that there is only <br />one reasonably available source, if approved in advance by <br />the City Council. <br /> <br /> (c) Purchases of services, supplies, materials <br />and equipment deemed by the City Council to be of urgent <br />necessity for the preservation of life, health or property, <br />provided such purchases are authorized by a resolution of <br />the Council containing a declaration of the facts <br />constituting the urgency and adopted by the affirmative vote <br />of at least two-thirds of the members of the council. <br /> <br /> (d) Situations where solicitation of bids would <br />for any reason be an idle act if approved in advance by the <br />City Council. <br /> <br /> (e) Situations where no bids are received after <br />advertising therefor. <br /> <br /> SECTION 2: That section 2-1 of the Santa Ana <br />Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: <br /> <br />Sec. 2-1. City Manager's Authority to Approve <br /> Change Orders. <br /> <br /> The city manager of the City of Santa Ana is <br />hereby authorized to bind the City of Santa Ana on change orders <br />~o city contracts for materials, supplies, or equipment~ <br /> <br /> <br />