§ 3.20.095. Purchases through open purchase orders.

Supplies, equipment, and services may be purchased by an open purchase order from a vendor who agrees to supply the city's requirements for the particular item(s) at a fixed price, or at a fixed discount from the list market price for the item(s), or under such other terms as the purchasing officer determines are most advantageous to the city. An open purchase order may be effective for such period of time as the purchasing officer determines is in the best interest of the city, and as is agreed to by the vendor, provided, however, that no open purchase order shall be effective for a period of time in excess of three years. Issuance of an open purchase order shall be made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. No single purchase made under an open purchase order shall exceed two thousand five hundred dollars.

(Ord. 82-8-896 § 1)