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The following policy represents an effort to comply with ~the <br />requirement..', of North Carolln~.% law for contracts which involve <br /> <br /> equipment or supp!i,3s. 7~ insu]~os that County employees aru aware <br /> <br />purchase may bo Decurod. Horetofoue, no written policy or <br />procedure th~-ouqh which contractinq purchauinq decisions we¥o made <br />o:<i:~tod. Consequently, while thi~: policy is co;lsiste;~t with <br /> <br />cla¥ify sever;~l contractinq alld purchasinq zituationt; which <br />invariubly proml)t quo:xtioBs o Jr accolorage thc approval of low-value <br /> <br />l'urcha~inq is a function of the County Manager'~ office which will <br />oversee this proce.qs; to a:]sure that tho County is in comp.Li;M~cc? <br />with all regulationr:. <br /> <br />The County Manager'.~; Office is responsible for obtaining formal <br />bids even whe~ the bid documeut~, arc, pr~pared I)¥ an ~rclxitoc~ural <br />or engineer.lng firm. The ~ormdl bidding procedure is initiated by <br />the usin9 department filing u roquex:t with the County Munr~ge'r. <br />Contracts that require th~ use of ~he fo~;mal bicl procedure are: <br /> <br /> 1. Con~truction or repair work requiring the estimated <br /> expenditure of Q50,000 or mo~'e. <br /> <br /> 2. Tho purchase or lease-purchnge of materials, equipment, <br /> or su[)plio~: rO(luiring an ~:;timatec[ expenditure of Q20,000 <br /> <br /> a. For purchases of gasoline, diesel fuel, alcohol <br /> fuel, motel7 oil or ~:uel oil. Thes;e may be <br /> alter receiving infor~,a] bids, regardless of <br /> size el the expenditure. <br /> <br /> b. In cases of special emergency involving the healtll <br /> and [~afety of the people or their property. <br /> <br /> c. If the contract is with a governmental unit. <br /> <br /> <br />