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Timestamp: 2020-05-28 15:15:15
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 66', '§ 66', '§ 66', '§ 66', '§ 66', '§ 66', '§ 66', '§ 66', '§ 104', '§ 103', '§ 103', '§ 66']

Village of North Hills, NY Procurement Policy
§ 66-1 Review of purchase types; competitive bidding; documentation.
§ 66-2 Requests for proposals; exceptions.
§ 66-3 Method of purchase.
§ 66-4 Documentation required.
§ 66-5 Awarding of contracts.
§ 66-6 Exemptions from solicitation.
§ 66-7 Purchase contracts.
Chapter 66 Procurement Policy
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of North Hills 10-25-2011.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
Editor's Note: This resolution repealed former Ch. 66, Procurement Policy, adopted 1-1-1992.
Every purchase to be made must be initially reviewed to determine whether it is a purchase contract or a public works contract. Once that determination is made, a good faith effort will be made to determine whether it is known or can reasonably be expected that the aggregate amount to be spent on the item of supply or service is not subject to competitive bidding, taking into account past purchases and the aggregate amount to be spent in a single fiscal year.
All goods and services will be secured by use of written requests for proposals, written quotations, verbal quotations, or any other method that assures that goods will be purchased at the lowest price under the applicable circumstances and that favoritism will be avoided. Such procedures are not required where purchases are made in compliance with state law requirements for competitive bidding or where state law provides that such procedures are not required or for purchases pursuant to § 66-6 of this policy.
$3,000 to maximum amount permitted without competitive bidding
$5,000 to maximum amount permitted without competitive bidding
Good faith effort shall be made to obtain the required number of proposals or quotations. If the purchaser is unable to obtain the required number of proposals or quotations, the purchaser will document the attempt made at obtaining the proposals. In no event shall the failure to obtain the proposals be a bar to the procurement.
Pursuant to General Municipal Law § 104-b, Subdivision 2g, the Village's procurement policy may contain circumstances when, or types of procurements for which, in the sole discretion of the governing body, the solicitation of alternative proposals or quotations will not be in the best interest of the municipality. In the following circumstances it may not be in the best interests of the Village of North Hills to solicit quotations or document the basis for not accepting the lowest bid:
The individual or company must be chosen based on the accountability, reliability, responsibility, skill, education and training, judgment, integrity, and moral worth. These qualifications are not necessarily found in the individual or company that offers the lowest price, and the nature of these services are such that they do not readily lend themselves to competitive procurement procedures.
In determining whether a service fits into this category, the Board of Trustees shall take into consideration the following guidelines: a) whether the services are subject to state licensing or testing requirements; b) whether substantial formal education or training is a necessary prerequisite to the performance of the services; and c) whether the services require a personal relationship between the individual and municipal officials. Professional or technical services shall include but not be limited to the following: services of an attorney; services of a physician; technical services of an engineer engaged to prepare plans, maps and estimates; securing insurance coverage and/or services of an insurance broker, services of a certified public accountant; investment management services; management of municipally owned property; and computer software or programming services for customized programs, or services involved in substantial modification and customizing of prepackaged software.
Emergency purchases pursuant to § 103, Subdivision 4, of the General Municipal Law. Due to the nature of this exception, these goods or services must be purchased immediately, and a delay in order to seek alternative proposals may threaten the life, health, safety or welfare of the residents. This section does not preclude seeking alternate proposals if time permits.
Purchases of surplus and secondhand goods. Such purchases may be made without alternate proposals, because if alternate proposals are required, the Village is precluded from purchasing surplus and secondhand goods at auctions or through specific advertised sources where the best prices are usually obtained. It is also difficult to try to compare prices of used goods, and a lower price may indicate an older product.
[Added 4-18-2012 by L.L. No. 1-2012]
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter with respect to purchase contracts (including contracts for purchase of service work), and pursuant to the provisions of General Municipal Law § 103(1), the Village of North Hills may award such purchase contracts to a responsive and responsible bidder or offeror on the basis of "best value."[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 66-8, Purchase contracts, added 10-23-2013 by L.L. No. 4-2013, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 1-15-2014 by L.L. No. 1-2014 to eliminate redundant provisions.