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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 41-23 OF DULUTH CITY CODE, 1959, AS AMENDED, TO ALLOW ELECTRONIC BID POSTINGS, BIDS, AND SECURE BONDS FOR CITY CONTRACTS EXCEEDING $100,000.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That Section 41-23 of the Duluth city code, 1959, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 41-23. Contract procedure--contracts exceeding $100,000.
Purchase of all supplies and contractual services exceeding an estimated cost of $100,000 shall be made by the purchasing agent pursuant to the provisions of this section either by formal written contract or upon a properly executed purchase order, whichever method such purchasing agent deems appropriate, from the lowest responsible bidder after due notice inviting proposals. All sales of personal property when the estimated value shall exceed $100,000, shall be made by formal written contract or such other means of conveyance as the city attorney may prescribe to the highest responsible bidder after due notice inviting proposals.
(a) Notice inviting bids;
(1) Published notice. Notice inviting bids shall be published in at least two issues of the official newspaper of the city or shall be published on the city's website or on such other internet website as is designated by the purchasing agent. If another website is designated for publication of any such notice by the purchasing agent, a list of notices currently published on any such website, the web address and other pertinent instructions for viewing any such notice shall be published on the city's website. If requested, written copies of bid documents, plans and specifications and bid forms will be provided to a requester; a fee to cover the cost of reproduction may be required. The time set for the opening of such bids shall be not less than ten days from the date of the last publication of such notice in said newspaper or not less than 11 days after its publication on any suchsaid website. ...
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