Source: https://www.ecode360.com/16200868
Timestamp: 2019-11-19 10:31:53
Document Index: 569947090

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 78', '§ 78', '§ 78', '§ 78', '§ 103', '§ 103', '§ 163', '§ 103', '§ 103']

Town of Yorktown, NY Procurement for Goods and Services
§ 78-2 Award based on low bid or best value.
§ 78-4 Standards for best value.
§ 78-5 Documentation.
§ 78-6 Procurement policy superseded where inconsistent.
Chapter 78 Procurement for Goods and Services
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Yorktown 6-5-2012 by L.L. No. 6-2012.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
Editor's Note: This local law was originally adopted as Chapter 68 but was renumbered to maintain the organizational structure of the Code.
The Town Board seeks to exercise the local option set forth in § 103, Subdivision 1, of the New York General Municipal Law, as amended by Chapter 608 of the Laws of 2011 and Chapter 2 of the Laws of 2012, which amendment authorizes the Town to award purchase contracts and contracts for services subject to competitive bidding under General Municipal Law § 103 on the basis of either lowest responsible bidder or "best value," as defined in § 163 of the New York State Finance Law. The "best value" option may be used if it is more cost efficient over time to award the good or service to other than the lowest responsible bidder if factors such as lower cost of maintenance, durability, higher quality and longer product life.
The Town Board may award purchase contracts and service contracts that have been procured pursuant to competitive bidding under General Municipal Law § 103 by either lowest responsible bidder or best value.
The provisions of this chapter apply to Town purchase contracts involving an expenditure of more than $20,000 and Town contracts for services involving an expenditure of more than $35,000 but exclude purchase contracts necessary for the completion of a public works contract pursuant to Article 8 of the State Labor Law and exclude any other contract that may in the future be excluded under state law from the best value option. If the dollar thresholds of General Municipal Law § 103 are increased or decreased in the future by the State Legislature, the dollar thresholds set forth herein shall be deemed simultaneously amended to match the new General Municipal Law thresholds.
Goods and services procured and awarded on the basis of best value are those that the Town Board determines will be of the highest quality while being the most cost efficient. The determination of quality and cost efficiency shall be based on objectively quantified and clearly described and documented criteria, which may include, but shall not be limited to, any or all of the following: cost of maintenance; proximity to the end user if distance or response time is a significant term; durability; availability of replacement parts or maintenance contractors; and longer product life; product performance criteria; and quality of craftsmanship.