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YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDASTATEMENT
Item No. 6.0.
For Meeting of: December 6, 2016
ITEM TITLE: Ordinance increasing the Bid Limit to $50,000 on the purchase of
Supplies, Material, Equipment and Services
SUBMITTED BY: Sue Ownby, City/County Procurement Manager
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
It is requested Yakima City Council pass the attached ordinance to increase the city's formal,
sealed bid limit for supplies, material, equipment and services to $50,000. The current bid limit
has been $25,000 since 1990. City CharterARTICLE VI, SECTION 6 allows for the monetary
increase by ordinance enacted by the vote of no less than a two-thirds majority of the City Council
members.
Increasing the bid limit to $50,000 will align with Yakima County's newly established bid limit of
$50,000, which was approved by the Legislature under House Bill 2427 and is currently in the
process of being adopted by the Yakima County Board of Commissioners. Having the same bid
limit in both the city and the county will streamline the procurement process for the purchasing
department and provide for consistency in solicitations.
A survey of other 1 st Class Cities Bid Limits is as follows:
Vancouver $300,000
Tacoma
$200,000
Everett
$100,000
Federal Gov't
$100,000
Richland
$50,000
Seattle
$49,000
Spokane
$48,700
Bellingham
$45,000
There will continue to be controls for purchases under the sealed -bid limit, as administered by the
City Manager and provided for in the City of Yakima/Yakima County Procurement Manual.
ITEM BUDGETED: NA
STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Public Trust and Accountability
APPROVED FOR�
SUBMITTAL: City Manager
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Pass ordinance
BOARD/COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Upload Date Type
D REDLINE -Bid Limit Ordinance 11123/2016 Coxer Merno
D FINAL -Bid Limit Ordinance 11/23/2016 Cowr Memo
ORDINANCE NO. 2016 -
AN ORDINANCE related to bids for contracts and purchases without calling for bids and
amending the City of Yakima Municipal Code Section 1.80.040
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 1.80.040 of the Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
1.80.040 Purchases without calling for bids—Exceptions.
Supplies, material, equipment or services, except for public work or
improvement, may be purchased without calling for bids in any amount not to
exceed twenty-4vefifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for any individual purchase.
Any purchase of supplies, material, equipment or services, when the cost thereof
exceeds twenty-4vefifty thousand dollars 050,000), shall be made pursuant to a
call for bids in the same method and under the same conditions as required by
Article VI, Subsection 6 of the Yakima City Charter for a public work
improvement, unless an emergency is declared by resolution of the city council
so as to authorize such a purchase without calling for bids, pursuant to Article VI,
Subsection 6 of the Yakima City Charter. (Ord. 93-49 § 1, 1993: Ord. 3278 § 1,
1990: Ord. 2750 § 1, 1984: Ord. 2576 § 1, 1981).
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after its passage,
approval, and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this day of December,
2016.
ATTEST: Kathy Coffey, Mayor
Sonya Claar Tee, City Clerk
Publication Date:
Effective Date:
ORDINANCE NO. 2016 -
AN ORDINANCE related to bids for contracts and purchases without calling for bids and
amending the City of Yakima Municipal Code Section 1.80.040
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 1.80.040 of the Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
1.80.040 Purchases without calling for bids—Exceptions.
Supplies, material, equipment or services, except for public work or
improvement, may be purchased without calling for bids in any amount not to
exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for any individual purchase. Any
purchase of supplies, material, equipment or services, when the cost thereof
exceeds fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), shall be made pursuant to a call for
bids in the same method and under the same conditions as required by Article
VI, Subsection 6 of the Yakima City Charter for a public work improvement,
unless an emergency is declared by resolution of the city council so as to
authorize such a purchase without calling for bids, pursuant to Article VI,
Subsection 6 of the Yakima City Charter. (Ord. 93-49 § 1, 1993: Ord. 3278 § 1,
1990: Ord. 2750 § 1, 1984: Ord. 2576 § 1, 1981).
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after its passage,
approval, and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 6th day of December,
2016.
ATTEST:
Sonya Claar Tee, City Clerk
Publication Date:
Effective Date:
Kathy Coffey, Mayor