Sec. 122.811. - Sales of tangible personal property; prohibition of sales to certain persons.

(a) The procedures in Section 126.202 may be used with respect to sales of tangible personal property where the estimated sales price exceeds $5,000, except that awards shall be made to the highest, rather than the lowest, responsible bidder meeting or exceeding published specifications. In the alternative, the Chief of Procurement may sell the property at a public auction, be it in-person or online, to the highest responsible bidder, payable by a method accepted by the applicable auctioneer. Notice of the date, time and place of an in-person auction, as well as a general description of the items to be offered for sale, shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City, or via such other advertisement or notice method as permitted by law (e.g., a publicly accessible website), and on the Procurement Division's public website, at least ten days prior to the in-person auction date. Online auctions shall take place at a time and duration as determined by the Chief of Procurement without such notification requirement, provided that a description of the online auction process and a link to the online auctioneer's website is published on the Procurement Division's public website. (b) No sale of tangible personal property shall be made to a person who is an officer or employee subject to F.S. Ch. 112, Pt. III, or in which the officer or employee has a private financial interest, direct or indirect, within the meaning of Part III. However, in cases where the Chief of Procurement shall have obtained more than one written sealed bid, whether or not he shall have been required by law to advertise for bids, this prohibition shall not apply. (Ord. 68-81-64, § 6; Ord. 70-650-526; Ord. 71-397-181; Ord. 73-1354-770, § 1; Ord. 75-869-439, § 1; Ord. 79-730-381, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 85-1327-691, § 1; Ord. 2013-759-E, § 1; Ord. 2023-187-E , § 6; Ord. 2024-368-E , § 1) Note— Former §§ 130.202, 130.204. Editor's note— Ordinance 2007-839-E, § 18, authorized updated department/division names pursuant to reorganization.