City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2018-0698

• File #: 2018-0698
• Version: 3
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 7/13/2018
• In control: Committee on Finance and Law
• On agenda: 3/6/2019
• Final action: 7/9/2019
• Enactment date: 7/9/2019
• Enactment #: 21
• Effective date: 7/11/2019
• Title: Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title One, Administrative; Article VII, Procedures; Chapter 161, Contracts; Section 161.02, Competitive Bidding; Exceptions.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/11/2019	3	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
7/9/2019	3	City Council	Passed Finally	Pass
7/1/2019	3	Standing Committee	AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE	Pass
7/1/2019	3	Standing Committee	UNTABLED	Pass
7/1/2019	3	Standing Committee	Affirmatively Recommended as Amended	Pass
3/6/2019	2	Standing Committee	TABLED	Pass
2/27/2019	2	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
2/20/2019	2	Standing Committee	AMENDED	Pass
2/20/2019	2	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
1/9/2019	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
12/12/2018	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
12/5/2018	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
11/14/2018	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
10/17/2018	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
9/26/2018	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
9/19/2018	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
9/12/2018	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
8/29/2018	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
7/25/2018	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
7/17/2018	1	City Council	Read and referred

Title
Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title One, Administrative; Article VII, Procedures; Chapter 161, Contracts; Section 161.02, Competitive Bidding; Exceptions.

Body
The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title One, Administrative; Article VII, Procedures; Chapter 161, Contracts; Section 161.02, Competitive Bidding; Exceptions is hereby supplemented as follows:

(f) In the case of tie bids from lowest bidder:
(1) If the goods or services for which there is a tie bid constitute one line item in a solicitation including multiple items, award may be made (at the discretion of the Office of Management and Budget) to the bidder awarded the remaining line items, in the interest of consistency and efficiency.
(2) If the goods or services to be purchased are subject to the conditions of Federal or State grant requirements, the applicable provisions of said grant will determine the method of award.
(3) If the conditions of neither (1) nor (2) above apply, and if price and all other evaluation criteria are determined to be equal among one or more firms submitting bids, award shall be determined by the following priority:
A. If only one of the tie bidders is a vendor located within the limits of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that bidder will be awarded the bid.
B. If only one of the tie bidders is a vendor located within the limits of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, that bidder will be awarded the bid.
C. If only one of the tie bidders is an in-state (Pennsylvania business) vendor, that bidder will be awarded the bid.
D. If the award cannot be determined by grant provisions, local, county or in-state priority, award will be made to the tie bidder who has received contracts with the City of a smaller total dollar value over the course of the year previous to award.

(g) Bid protests of contracts awarded under ?161.02 or ?161.02A for the purchase of commodities or services in excess of $50,000 shall be sub...