The director of financial and management services shall be responsible for all city government purchasing and public works construction contract procurements. The director may appoint a designate or designates who shall, subject to the exceptions stated in this chapter, make all purchases of materials, supplies and equipment, and contractual services for all departments, offices, boards and other agencies of the city government.

The director is authorized to promulgate written rules and regulations as necessary for the administration of this chapter. Such rules and regulations also shall provide for a system of procurement for purchases and contracts of an amount below the competitive bid limits. Such system shall include, but not be limited to, formal and informal quotes, requests for proposal, local purchase orders, purchases from published price lists, and other appropriate provisions of a similar nature.

For purposes of this chapter, the terms “director” and “director of financial and management services” shall be interchangeable. All references to the plural of “designate” herein shall also mean the singular and to the singular shall also mean the plural unless the context otherwise requires. (Ord. M-4417 § 3, 2023; Ord. M-4173 § 2, 2016; Ord. M-3960 § 1, 2010; Ord. M-3592, 2002; Ord. M-3129 § 2, 1994)