2712                               Municipal Charters

obsolete, worn out or scrapped and transfer such stock to another agency
or agencies in lieu of filling requisitions for the purchase of new and
additional stocks of the same or similar articles.

(1) Sell all goods which cannot be used by any agency or which
have become unsuitable for county use, or exchange or trade in such
articles in part or full payment for commodities of a similar nature;
provided, that such exchanges or trade ins shall be made in accordance
with the formal bid procedure or open market procedure provisions of
this article.

(m) Prepare, adopt and issue written specifications covering goods
purchased by the county government, with consideration being given to
standardization of equipment.

(n) Prescribe and maintain such forms and contracts as are reason-
ably necessary to the operation of this article.

(o)    Keep informed of current developments in the field of purchas-
ing, prices, market conditions and new products, and secure for the county
the benefits of research done in the field by other governmental jurisdic-
tions, national technical societies, trade associations having national recog-
nition and by private businesses and organizations.

84-14. Establishment of rules and regulations by chief administrative
officer.

The chief administrative officer shall, subject to the direction of the
County Executive, establish, amend when necessary, and enforce such
rules: and regulations as shall be necessary to promote efficiency of opera-
tions and compliance with the provisions of this article.

84-15. Competitive bidding.

All purchases of, and contracts for goods and services and all sales
of county property which has become surplus, obsolete or unusable shall
be based on competitive bids, except as specifically provided in this article.

84-16. Formal bid procedure.

(a)    Any single purchase or contract involving an expenditure of
three thousand dollars or more shall be purchased by a formal bid pro-
cedure from the lowest responsible bidder after due public notice inviting
proposals. The formal bid procedure shall consist of:

(1)    Solicitation of bids from all responsible prospective suppliers who
have requested their names be added to a "bidder's list" for a particular
class of commodity, by notice of a pending purchase posted on a public
bulletin board in the purchasing office, and by such other public notice
as may be deemed necessary by the county.

(2)    Submission of sealed bids to the county on the official county
bid form and in a bid envelope furnished by the county.

(3)    Opening of the bids in public at the time and place stated in
the public notices and tabulation of all bids, which shall then be available
for public inspection.

(b)    All sales of goods which have become surplus, obsolete or un-
usable and whose estimated value is three thousand dollars or more shall
be sold by formal bid procedure to the highest responsible bidder in the
manner prescribed for purchases above; except, that the chief administra-