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2/7/12 <br />involving an expenditure between five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) and twenty- <br />five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) for materials, supplies, labor, and equipment <br />shall be let to the lowest responsible budder on the basis of obtaining <br />maximum quality at minimum cost in accordance with procedures established <br />by the purchasing manager. Those procedures shall provide for at a minimum <br />the following: <br />(1) There shall be a written or verbal invitation for bid which shall <br />include the following information: A general description of the things <br />to be purchased or project, the time and place for bid opening when <br />applicable, bid instructions, and the terms and conditions of the bid <br />and any resulting contract. The purchasing manager shall make a <br />good faith effort to notify all businesses engaged in providing such <br />materials, supplies, labor, and equipment located within the <br />boundaries of the city of the opportunity to bid. <br />(2) Where required by state or federal law or regulations, or upon <br />request by a bidder, the bids shall be opened, if sealed, and <br />declared in public at the time and place stated on the "Invitation for <br />Bid." <br />3two (2) or mere hi ronoiv ed a the same and the lower} }h <br /> <br />any or all bids. <br />Section 6. Section 2-806 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby <br />amended such that it reads as follows (new language in bold, deleted language <br />in strikeout for tracking purposes only): <br />Sec. 2-806. Procurement of materials, supplies, labor, and equipment in excess <br />of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00). <br />Unless exempt from bidding pursuant to section 2-807, all contracts <br />involving an expenditure in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) <br />for materials, supplies, labor, and equipment shall be let to the lowest <br />responsible biddef on the basis of obtaining maximum quality at minimum <br />cost, in accordance with procedures established by the purchasing manager. <br />Those procedures shall provide for at least the following: <br />(a) Public notices inviting bids shall include a general description of the <br />things to be purchased and the time and place for bid opening. <br />Adequate public notice of the invitation for bids shall be given a <br />reasonable time prior to the date set forth therein for the opening of <br />bids, in accordance with regulations established by the purchasing <br />manager. To the extent that public notice is by way of publication in <br />75B-19