Sec. 126.301. - Formal Purchases.

Unless exempt under Section 126.108 of this P-Code, the following purchases shall be formal purchases: (1) Supplies, professional services, or contractual services, as defined herein, where the estimated costs or fees thereof exceed $150,000; (2) Professional design services, as defined herein, where the estimated cost for the basic construction of a project exceeds the threshold amount provided in F.S. § 287.017, for Category Five, as may be revised from time to time, or where the estimated fees for a planning or study activity exceed the threshold amount provided in F.S. § 287.017, for Category Two, as may be revised from time to time; or (3) Capital improvements where the estimated cost thereof exceeds the threshold amount provided in F.S. § 255.0525(2), as may be revised from time to time (on a case-by-case basis, the Chief shall have the discretion to reduce the threshold amount for capital improvements consistent with the competitive encouragement threshold amount of F.S. § 255.101(2), as may be revised from time to time). Unless otherwise exempt under this Chapter, Formal Purchases shall be publicly noticed, advertised, and competitively procured as provided in the Procurement Operating Manual. No formal purchase order, contract, or agreement shall be subdivided to avoid this requirement. A successful bidder who is awarded a formal contract for equal to or less than the discretionary payment and performance bond exemption amounts set forth in F.S. § 255.05(1)(d), (the "Statutory Discretionary Bond Threshold"), may, at the discretion of the JPAC, upon the request of the using agency and recommendation of the Chief, be exempted from executing the otherwise required payment and performance bonds. Final determinations on the need for payment bonds for projects equal to or less than the Statutory Discretionary Bond Threshold shall be made by the Chief after determining if there is an alternate form of security or payment method more readily available or appropriate. For JSEBs, as defined in Chapter 126 , Part 6, payment and performance bonds shall not be required on City projects with a value equal to or less than the Statutory Discretionary Bond Threshold or equal to or less than the payment and performance bond waiver amount permitted in Section 18.11 of the Charter. (Ord. 2023-20-E , § 3)