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Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title One, Administrative, Article VII, Procedures, Chapter 161, Contracts, Sections 161.02 - Competitive Bidding; Exceptions, 161.02A - Award of Professional Services Agreements and 161.02B - Exemptions From Competitive Process to amend the approval processes for professional services agreements and exemptions from the same.
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Whereas, in 2009, in response to concerns by members of City Council and the public that professional services contracts concerning city affairs were being awarded to vendors without a competitive process, Council adopted Ordinance Number 10 of 2009, which established regulations on awards of professional services contracts, and;
Whereas, Ordinance 10 of 2009 required, among other things, that any request to exempt the award of a professional services agreement or contract without a competitive bidding process, to be regulated by the Department of Finance, required the written approval of the City Solicitor; and,
Whereas, Ordinance Number 24 of 2018, reflecting the 2014 reorganization of the Department of Finance and the Office of Management and Budget which separated, into two distinct positions, the Director of Finance and the Director, Office of Management and Budget ("OMB"), transferred regulatory authority for competitive bidding processes to OMB from Finance; and,
Whereas, Pittsburgh City Council, by way of Ordinance Number 6 of 2020, transferred exemption authority, vested by Ordinance Number 10 of 2009 in the City Solicitor, to the Director, Office of Management and Budget, and;
Whereas, Ordinance Number 2 of 2022 and Ordinance Number 34 of 2022, approved by City Council, restructured the Office of Management and Budget, transforming it into the lead administrative agency of City government, and;
Whereas, Council now finds it appropriate, given the restructuring of these city Departments over the past decade, to again relocate approval aut...
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