Title
Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title One, Administrative, Article VII Procedures, Chapter 161 Contracts, Section 161.02 Competitive Bidding; Exceptions.
Body
Be it resolved that 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 amended by deleting certain language, as follows:
ยง 161.02 COMPETITIVE BIDDING; EXCEPTIONS.
(a) All contracts shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder pursuant to competitive bidding except:
(1) Contracts let in cases of emergency as set forth in Section 161.28 below;
(2) Those made for improvements, repairs and maintenance of any kind made or provided by the City through its own employees; provided, that this exception shall not apply to construction materials used in a street and bridge improvement;
(3) Those where the unique types, models or pieces of new equipment, articles, apparatus, appliances, vehicles or parts thereof, are patented and manufactured products or copyrighted products, insofar as their essential function is concerned;
(4) Those made for public utility service under tariffs on file with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission;
(5) Those made with another political subdivision or a county, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the United States Government, any agency of the Commonwealth or the United States Government, or any authority, including the sale, leasing or loan of supplies or materials by the Commonwealth or the United States Government or their agencies, but the price thereof shall not be in excess of that fixed by the Commonwealth, the United States Government, or their agencies.
( 6) Those involving client services provided by not-for-profit agencies;
(7) Purchases through intergovernmental or cooperative purchasing plans, established pursuant to applicable law.
(8) Tho...
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