The city also reserves rights to reject any or all bids or to waive informalities in any bid in the best interest of the city. Bids received after deadline will not be accepted. City Attorney Bob Farmer said the city has always had an unwritten policy where commissioners try to give bids to local suppliers whenever bids are comparable. Fort Scott Community College has a written policy, but no local preference written policy. The board reserves the right to review each bid and make the determination regarding local bids and tries to do business locally when appropriate.
Bourbon County has no written bid policy or local bid preference policy.
The practice is to take two bids and buy locally when appropriate. Chanute, Kansas has no written bid policy or local bid preference policy. Chanute does competitive bidding, usually going with the lowest bid. Nevada, Missouri has both a written bid policy and local preference policy. Iola, Kansas has no written bid policy or local bid preference policy.