ORDINANCE 550ORDINANCE NO. 550
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUIJDO,
CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE PURCHASE
OF SUPPLIES AND EQUIPIVIENT.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That "Sec. 2.30" of "The Code of the City
of El Segundo, California, 195811 shall be, and the same is here-
by amended so as to read as follows:
"SEC. 2.30. RESPONSIBILITY FOR PURCHASE OF ALL
SUPPLIES AND EQUIPIENT.
(A). ADOPTION OF PURCHASING SYSTEM. In order to
establish efficient procedures for the purchase of supplies and
equipment; to secure supplies and equipment for the City at the
lowest possible cost commensurate with quality needed; to exer-
cise positive financial control over purchases; to clearly de-
fine authority for the purchasing function and to assure the
quality of purchases; a purchasing system is hereby adopted.
(B) PURCHASING OFFICER. Pursuant to the provisions
of Sec. 2.30 of the El Segundo City Code, the City Manager
shall purchase or cause to be purchased all supplies, equipment
and contractural services requisitioned by all City Departments
and agencies. Supplies and equipment for all City Departments
shall be purchased in accordance with purchasing procedures pre-
scribed by this Code, such administrative regulations as the
Purchasing Officer shall adopt and such other rules and regu-
lations as shall be prescribed by the City Council.
(C) REQUISITIONS. All Departments shall submit
requisitions for supplies and equipment to the Purchasing Officer.
(D) PURCHASE ORDERS. Purchases of supplies and
equipment shall be made by purchase order only.
(E) EXEMPTIONS FROM CENTRALIZED PURCHASING. The
Purchasing Officer with approval of the City Council, may author-
ize, in writing, any City Department to purchase or contract for
supplies and equipment independently of the Purchasing Officer;
but the Purchasin; Officer shall require that such purchases or
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contracts be made in conformity with the procedures established
by this ordinance, and shall further require periodic reports
from the City Department so authorized, on the purchases and
contracts made under such written authorization.
(F) CONTRACT PROCEDURE. Except as otherwise pro-
vided herein, purchases and contracts for supplies and equip-
ment of estimated value greater than 445000 shall be by Purchase
Order or written contract with the lowest responsible bidder,
pursuant to the procedure prescribed herein.
1. Notice Inviting Bids. Notices inviting
bids shall include a general description of the articles to be
purchased, shall state where bid blanks and specifications may
be secured, the dead line time and place for receiving bids
and the time and place for publicly openin bids.
a. Circulation of Notice. Notice inviting
bids shall be mailed or delivered to not less than three in-
dividuals, firms or corporations dealing in the services, com-
modities or supplies described in the notice.
2. Bidder's Security. When deemed necessary
by the Purchasing Officer, bidder's Security may be prescribed
in the notices inviting bids.
3. The Purchasing Officer shall not accept
bids after the clsoing date and time set forth in the notice.
4. Bid Opening Procedure. Sealed bids shall
be submitted to the Purchasing Officer and shall be identified
as bids on the envelope. Bids shall be opened in public at
the time and place stated in the notices. A tabulation of all
bids received shall be open for public inspection during regular
business hours for a period of not less than thirty (30) cal-
endar days after the bid opening.
5. Rejection of Bids. In its discretion, the
City Council may reject any and all bids presented, and after
such rejection may at its discretion request new bids or pur-
chase on the open market.
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5. Performance Bonds. The City Council shall
have authcrity to require a performance bond and labor and
materials bond before entering into a contract in such amount
as it shall find reasonably necessary to protect the best in-
terests of the city. If the City Council requires bonds, the
form and amount of the bonds shall be described in the notice
inviting bids.
(G) OPEN MARKET PROCEDURE. Purchases of supplies
and equipment of an estimated value in the amount of 95000 or
less may be made by the Purchasing Officer in the open market
without observing the procedure prescribed by Section (F).
1. Minimum Number of Bids. Open market pur-
chases shall, wherever possible, be based on at least three
bids, and shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder..
2. Notice Inviting Bids. The Purchasing
Officer shall solicit bids by written requests to prospective
vendors or by telephone if more expedient.
3. Written Bids. Sealed written bid; shall
be submitted to the Purchasing Officer who shall keep a record
of all open market orders and bids for a period of one year
after the submission of bids or the placing of orders. This
record, while so kept, shall be open to public inspection.
(H) SUBMI33ION OF BIDS TO COUNCIL. All bids
secured under the provisions of Sections (F) and (G) of this
Ordinance shall be submitted to the City Council for final
approval, rejection or further action.
(I) PURCHASES UNDER X500. Purchases of supplies
and equipment of an estimated value of Q500.00 or less, may be
made by the Purchasing Officer in the open market and without
observing the procedures described in Sections (F) and (G).
(J) WAIVERS. In its discretion, the City Coun-
cil may at any time, by a majority vote and without amending this
Code, waive purchasing procedures or alter these proceedings to
fit a specific purchase, when such waiver is not in violation
of California State Law.
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(I). PURCHASES UNDER x;500. Purchase of supplies
and equipment of an estimated value of - ?500.00 or less, may
be made by the Purchasing Officer in the open market and
without observing the procedures described in Sections (F),
(G) or (H).
W. VAIVERS. In its discretion, the City Council
may at any time, by a majority vote and without amending
this Code, waive purchasing procedures or alter these pro-
ceedings to fit a specific purchase, when such waiver is not
in violation of California State Law.
(K). INSPECTION AND TESTING. The Purchasing
Officer shall inspect or cause to be inspected, supplies and
equipment delivered to determine their conformance with the
specifications set forth in the order or contract.
SECTION 2. That this ordinance shall become effec-
tive at midnight on the thirtieth day from and after the date
of the final passage and adoption thereof.
SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall certify to
the passage and adoption of this ordinance; shall cause the
same to be entered in the book of original ordinances of said
city; shall make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof
in the records of the meeting at which the same is passed and
adopted; and shall, within fifteen days after the passage and
adoption thereof, cause the same to be published once in the
El Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation,
published and circulated within said City of El Segundo and
which is hereby designated for the purpose.
Passed, approved and adopted this 13th day of
October , 1959-
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
(SEAL)
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Mayor of the City of El Segundo,
California.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I, EUNI CE 11. CREASON __ ___. City Clerk of the City of El Segundo,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the said City is five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No ---- $$4--------
is a full, true and correct original of Ordinance No .... S$0 .............of the said City of El
Segundo, California, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, PROVID-
ING FOR THE PURCHASE OF SUPPLIES
AND EQUIPMENT.)
which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed
by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular
meeting of the said Council held on the_.13th ------ day of ...... Qctob _ex ........... 19.,59,
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen t3aker,___Frederigk __ and ________
_Mayor__Benfield;
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NOES: Councilmen -N9ne_;
ABSENT: Councilmen__ None
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I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the provisions of Section 36933 of the
Government Code of the State of California, that the foregoing Ordinance No.__S$Q__..
was duly and regularly published according to law and the order of the City Council
of said City in the El Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation,
printed, published and circulated within the said City and that the same was so pub-
lished therein on the following date, to wit: _�cto er22_,lg_ 9__ __________________ ______
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City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California.
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(SEAL) Deputy.
Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) as
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
NRr gn...Nercq b .. .................. being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That
a he is, and at all of the times hereinafter mentioned was, a citizen of the United States of America,
over the age of eighteen years, and a resident of the County of Los Angeles, State of California; thashe
was, at, and during all of the time of the publication of the instrument hereunto attached the ............
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I' of EL SEGUNDO HERALD, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated weekly in
the City of El Segundo,. in said County and State; that said newspaper has been so published and
circulated at regular intervals of one week for more than one year immediately preceding the
publication of the instrument hereunto annexed; that said newspaper is, and was, at all of the times
herein mentioned, a newspaper of general circulation within the meaning of Section 4460 of the Political
Code of the State of California; that as provided by said section, said newspaper is published for the
dissemination of local or telegraphic news and intelligence of a general character, having a bona fide
subscription list of paying subscribers; that said newspaper is not and was not at any of the times herein
referred to, devoted to the interests, or published for the entertainment or instruction of a particular
class, profession, -trade, calling, race or denomination, or for any number of such classes, professions, .trades,
callings, races or denominations, and that said newspaper is not devoted to or published for, nor was it
at any of the times herein mentioned devoted to or published for the purpose, whether avowed or
otherwise, of entertaining or instructing such classes, professions, trades, callings, races or denomin-
ations, or any of such elrsses, professions, trades, callings, races or denominations.
That the notice, order, ordinance, resolution or instrument hereunto attached on page ............ numbered
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hereof in all respects, including subject matter, and size and arrangement of type, is a full true and
correct copy of the said notice, ordinance, resolution or instrument, in words and figures exactly as
published; that the same was set and printed in type not smaller than nonpareil and that the body of
the same was preceded with words printed in black -face type not smaller than nonpareil, describing
and expressing in general terms the purpose and character of the notice, order, ordinance, resolution
or instrument intended to be published, as will appear from an inspection of the said annexed instru-
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of which the annexed is a printed copy as hereinabove stated, was published and printed in said news-
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City clerk of the City of El Segundo, County
Of Los Angeles, State of California.
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Deputy City Clerk oQ said City.