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Borough of Paulsboro, NJ Purchasing
Ch 1B Art I Purchasing Agent; Procedures
§ 1B-1 Office of Purchasing Agent established.
§ 1B-2 Powers and duties of Purchasing Agent.
§ 1B-3 Requisitions and estimates.
§ 1B-4 Conflict of interest.
§ 1B-5 Competitive bidding required.
§ 1B-6 Restrictions on bid procedure.
§ 1B-7 Contracts.
§ 1B-8 Bid opening procedure; awards.
§ 1B-9 Purchases not requiring public bid.
§ 1B-10 Emergency purchases.
§ 1B-11 Inventory procedure.
§ 1B-12 Cooperative purchasing.
§ 1B-13 Additional rules and regulations authorized.
§ 1B-14 Essential purchases; applicability.
§ 1B-15 Repealer.
§ 1B-16 When effective.
Ch 1B Art II Fair and Open Process for Awarding Professional Services Agreements
§ 1B-17 Prohibition awarding certain public contracts.
§ 1B-18 Fair and open process.
Borough of Paulsboro, NJ / The Code
Chapter 1B Purchasing
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Paulsboro as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Borough Administrator — See Ch. 1A.
Public records — See Ch. 55.
Article I Purchasing Agent; Procedures
Article II Fair and Open Process for Awarding Professional Services Agreements
[Adopted 11-18-1980 by Ord. No. O.16.80]
There is hereby established within the office of the Borough Administrator the position of Purchasing Agent, hereinafter referred to as the "Agent." Until appointment of a separate Purchasing Agent, the Administrator shall serve and act in this capacity.
The Agent shall have the power and it shall be his duty to purchase or contract for the purchase of all supplies and contractual services needed by any Borough department, office, agency or any other personnel in accordance with the procedures prescribed by this ordinance and such rules and regulations promulgated and prescribed for the internal management and operation of the purchasing system duly adopted by the Borough Council.
In addition to the authority and duties conferred above, the Agent shall:
Act to procure the highest quality in supplies and contractual services at least cost to the Borough.
Recommend the promulgation and, when necessary, the amendment of rules and regulations setting forth procedures and forms to be used in the purchase of all supplies and contractual services within the Borough.
Maintain a vendor's catalogue file, according to material, containing descriptions of vendor's commodities.
Discourage collusive bidding and endeavor to obtain as full and open competition as possible in all purchases.
Procure all allowable exemption, discounts and price reductions.
Prepare with the cooperation and assistance of the using Borough departments, offices, agencies or personnel standardized specifications for supplies, materials and services to be purchased or placed under contract agreement.
Declare as irresponsible any vendors who default in their bids or quotations and disqualify them from receiving any Borough business for a specified period of time.
Sell or otherwise dispose of all obsolete or unusable personal property of the Borough in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey, Borough ordinances and/or regulations.
The chairman of every department (or his designee), as well as any other designated head of any Borough agency, office or personnel shall file detailed requisitions and estimates of requirements for supplies and contractual services in the time and manner prescribed in this ordinance or prescribed by rule and regulations adopted pursuant to this ordinance.
The Agent shall examine such requisitions and shall have the authority to revise these as to quantity, quality or price; but revisions as to quality shall be made after consultation with that person duly charged with submitting the requisition.
No office or employee shall order or purchase any supplies or make any contract other than through the established procedures. Any contracts or purchases made contrary to established procedures shall be void, and the Borough shall be bound thereby.
Any purchase order or contract in which any Borough officer or employee is financially interested, directly or indirectly, or which is secured as a result of conduct prohibited in Subsection C hereof, shall be void.
The Agent and every officer and employee of the Borough, its departments, its agencies, commissions and boards are expressly prohibited from soliciting or accepting directly or indirectly from any person, company, firm or corporation to which any purchase order or contract is or might be awarded, any rebate, gift, money or anything of value whatsoever except when otherwise permitted by law or given for the use and benefit of the Borough. Such solicitation or acceptance shall, where not otherwise prohibited by law, constitute cause for dismissal, suspension or removal from office or employment.
Unless otherwise provided by this ordinance, all purchases of the contracts for supplies and contractual services and all sales of obsolete or unusable municipal personal property shall be made either through formal bid quotations, in accordance with such standards set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq., except those purchases which may be specifically exempted by this state statute.
All supplies and contractual services costing in excess of $4,500 shall be purchased by formal, written contract from the lowest responsible bidder in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq., and such procedures established by this ordinance and any rule and regulation adopted pursuant thereto, provided that the Agent may require bid deposits by so specifying in the public notice inviting bid proposals. Unsuccessful bidders shall be entitled to return of their surety on award of a contract. A successful bidder shall forfeit any surety upon failure to agree to enter into a contract after 10 days following the award.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A hereof, Borough Council may, upon motion duly made and adopted, waive any provision of this ordinance in order to permit purchase without public bid to the extent provided by law, in which event the provisions of § 1B-9 shall apply.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this ordinance, the Borough Council may, subject to the extent provided by law, award or enter into any contract for services or supplies. All such contracts shall be awarded in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 and to the extent possible follow the procedure established in §§ 1B-8 and 1B-9 of this ordinance.
Unless the Borough Council directs to the contrary:
All sealed bids shall be presented to the agent, and all such bids shall be identified as to the bid items on the envelope's exterior.
Bids shall be publicly opened and announced at the time and place stated in the public notice. Unless specified, there will be no award of contract at the opening.
The Agent or the Borough Council shall have the authority to reject all bids, parts of all bids or all bids for any one or more supplies of contractual services.
Award of contract.
The Agent shall review the proposals, assisted as necessary by the using department chairman, or the person designated by the using Borough agency, commission, board or other branch of Borough government.
The Agent shall then forward all bids to the Mayor and Borough Council, together with his recommendations.
Contracts shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. In addition to price, when written (qualification and lowest responsible bidder) standards have been prepared, the lowest responsible bidder shall, be determined in accordance with those written standards. All such written standards shall be made publicly available to all bidders. It shall be the duty of the Agent to develop and update such standards annually.
A proper record of the prices and terms of all bids shall be spread upon the minutes of the Borough Council.
Tie bids.
If all bids received are for the same total amount, unit price, quality and service being equal, the contract shall be awarded to a local bidder.
Where no local bidders are involved, the contract to one of the tie bidders shall be awarded by drawing lots in public.
Hearing to determine lowest responsible bidder.
If the Borough Council determines that the lowest bidder is not the lowest responsible bidder, as defined by N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq., all bidders submitting lower bids than the bidder determined by the Borough Council to be the lowest responsible bidder shall be offered an opportunity to be heard before the Borough Council or such person as the Borough may designate for that purpose.
If such a hearing is requested by such bidder, the Borough Council, or its designee, shall provide all bidders an opportunity to be heard, to present such proofs as may be necessary in support of that bidder's position. The Borough Council may also offer at that time the testimony of such persons as well as such other proofs to support its initial determination as to lowest responsible bidder.
If the award is not given to the lowest bidder, a full and complete statement of the reasons therefor shall be read upon the minutes and filed with the records of that transaction.
All purchases of supplies and contractual services of less than $4,500, or purchases exempted from public bid pursuant to the provisions of § 1B-6B, shall be made in the open market without newspaper advertisment or use of formal field bids.
All requisitions shall be approved by the department chairman or his designee or, where otherwise applicable, by that Borough agency, commission or board head for whom the supplies and services are to be contracted.
Unless for a good cause shown, all open-market purchases shall be based on at least three competitive quotations and shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder in accordance with the established standards. If a purchase exceeding $500 was not awarded to the lowest bidder a record of the bids and a full and complete statement of the reasons for placing the bid elsewhere must be prepared by and filed with the records of the transaction.
Price quotations shall be solicited by:
Direct-mall request to prospective vendors.
The Agent shall keep a record of all open-market orders and the quotations submitted thereon.
Emergency purchases are restricted to situations requiring the immediate purchase of materials or supplies to meet an actual or imminent threat or danger to the public health, safety or welfare. They shall be made in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq., and such other procedures as duly implemented by rule and regulation duly adopted.
All Borough departments, agencies, boards, commissions and other personnel required to make purchase of services and supplies through the Purchasing Agent shall submit to the Agent, in such form and manner as he may require, reports showing stocks of all supplies which are no longer needed or which have become obsolete, worn out or useless. Such persons designated by the Borough Administrator to respond on behalf of the applicable Borough users shall be required to make the submissions in the manner and form indicated.
The Agent shall submit to all applicable departments, boards, commissions, agency and personnel, prior to the sale of surplus materials, a list of items no longer required to determine if they can use any of the equipment, parts and supplies listed.
The Agent shall have the authority to transfer surplus stocks to other using entity.
The Agent shall have the authority to sell all supplies which have become unsuited for public use or to exchange the same, or trade in the same one, for new supplies. Sales under this section shall be made to the highest responsible bidder. A record of each sale shall be made and placed on file.
The Agent shall have the authority to participate in joint or cooperative purchasing plans with other units of government when it is in the Borough's best interests.
The Borough Council is hereby empowered from time to time to make and establish, amend or repeal by resolution or ordinance, such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of this state or the ordinances of this Borough as may be deemed necessary and proper to carry out the objects and implementation of this ordinance.
All rules and regulations made pursuant hereto shall be in writing, certified as adopted by the Mayor and Borough Council. The original, as certified, shall be filed in the office of the Borough Clerk. A certified copy shall be filed in the office of the Borough Administrator. Such rules and regulations shall be binding on all persons subject to the jurisdiction of this Borough.
Where it is determined that the purchase of supplies or the contracting for services is essential to the current operation of Borough government, and the department chairman or his designee is unavailable, the Purchasing Agent may make the required purchase or procure the required service. Thereafter the Purchasing Agent shall advise, as soon as practicable, the department chairman of such contract or purchase.
The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to any Borough board, commission or authority for which the Borough Council does not have statutory authority to mandate the manner of budget disbursement. However, nothing herein shall prohibit such board, commission or authority from entering into an agreement to utilize the services of the Borough's Purchasing Agent, in which event the provisions of this ordinance shall then apply.
Any provision of this ordinance determined to be inconsistent with or violative of any state statute or regulation shall be void, in which event the state statute or regulation shall be deemed to apply.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances, resolutions or parts of bylaws inconsistent with this ordinance shall be and are hereby repealed.
[Adopted 11-14-2005 by Ord. No. 21.05]
Any other provision of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borough or any board, authority, agency or instrumentality thereof (hereinafter referred to as "municipal appointing authority"), shall not enter into a contract having an anticipated value in excess of $17,500, as determined in advance and certified in writing by the municipal appointing authority, or its designee, with a business entity, except a contract that is awarded pursuant to a fair and open process, if, during the preceding one-year period, that business entity has made political contributions that are reportable by the recipient under N.J.S.A. 19:44A-1 et seq., to any municipal committee of a political party in the Borough if a member of that political party is serving in an elective public office of the Borough when the contract is awarded or to any candidate committee of any person serving in an elective public office of the Borough when the contract is awarded; and
A business entity that has entered into a contract having an anticipated value in excess of $17,500 with the municipal appointing authority, except a contract that is awarded pursuant to a fair an open process, shall not make such a contribution, reportable by the recipient under N.J.S.A. 19:44A-1 et seq., during the term of the contract to any municipal committee of a political party in the Borough if a member of that political party is serving in an elective public office of the Borough when the contract is awarded, or to any candidate committee of any person serving in an elective public office of the Borough when the contract is awarded, during the term of the contract. In the alternative to proceeding with the fair and open process described herein, the municipal appointing authority thereof may award a contract to a business entity for an amount in excess of $17,500, pursuant to procedures prescribed by the New Jersey Local Public Contracts Law and without competitive bidding or competitive proposals. However, such award may be made only if the recipient of the contract provides a written certification that it has not made a political contribution which would bar the award of the contract to it.
Any professional service entity or other business entity providing services to the Borough shall be subject to a fair and open process for selection. That fair and open process shall be set forth in Subsection B below, which shall establish a criteria for the fair and open process. Included in that criteria and made a part hereof shall be some or all of the following: accessibility; understanding of the assignment; methodology/plan for accomplishing the assignment; general experience; experience specific to the assignment; sufficiency of resources to perform the task.
The fair and open process established by the Borough shall require the following:
The solicitation of proposals for any professional position, service contract, or other contract not subject to bidding pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5, that shall expire as of December 31 of that calendar year shall be published and advertised by the municipal appointing authority or its designee either in the official newspaper of the Borough for publication of notices, or on the Borough's website in sufficient time to give notice in advance of the contract solicitation. The published notice shall set forth the name of the position or contract which is to become open and set forth the criteria to be considered and materials required to be submitted by the applicant/proposer and a date, time and place when the proposals or qualifications shall be publicly opened.
Should the applicant/proposer be a professional acquiring licensure in the State of New Jersey, said applicant shall be licensed for a period not less than five years.
If the applicant/proposer is not a professional and/or the contract to be awarded is not a professional services contract, the applicant/proposer shall provide a "certificate of good standing" or other similar document evidencing that it is authorized to do business in the State of New Jersey.
The applicant shall submit a resume which shall set forth information, including but not limited to the following (as applicable to a business entity or individual professional):
Full name and business address;
A listing of all post high school education of the applicant/proposer;
Dates of licensure in the State of New Jersey and any other state;
A listing of any professional affiliations or memberships in any professional societies or organizations, with an indication as to any offices held therein;
The number of licensed professionals employed by/affiliated with the business entity or the business entity which employs the applicant/proposer;
A listing of all special accreditations held by the individual licensed professional or business entity;
A listing of all previous public entities served by the business entity or licensed professional, indicating the dates of services and position held.
The municipal appointing authority shall thereafter publicly select the professional or business entity for the position so advertised, which shall thereafter be confirmed or approved as required by law or ordinance.
The awarded contract shall be publicized in the official newspaper of the Borough of Paulsboro for publication of notices in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5.
Consistent with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.7, the Township's determination of what constitutes a fair and open process shall be final. Fair and open may necessarily be implemented differently for different categories of procurement depending on the subject matter of the procurement and the nature and nuances of the industry providing the services or product, but in every instance, the principles of fair and open shall be maintained.
If any sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance or the application thereof to any persons or circumstances shall be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, or if by legislative action, any sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall lose its force and effect, such judgment or action shall not affect, impair, or void the remainder of any of the provisions of this ordinance.
The purpose of this ordinance is to comply with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.5 et seq. The definitions as set forth in that statute are referred to and incorporated into this ordinance.