Every prospective purchase of goods or services
shall be evaluated to determine the applicability of General Municipal
Law § 104-b.
A copy of the Town's procurement policy shall
be on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
[Adopted 4-23-2014 by L.L. No. 2-2014]
Section 103 of the New York General Municipal Law (GML § 103)
requires competitive bidding for purchase contracts and public works
contracts and has historically required that such bids be awarded
to the lowest responsible bidder whose bid meets the requirements
of the specifications for the project. GML § 103 has been
amended to provide that the Town may award purchase contracts, which
would otherwise be subject to the lowest bidder rule, on the basis
of best value, as defined in § 163 of the New York State
Finance Law, to a responsive and responsible bidder or offeror, if
authorized by local law. The Town Board hereby determines that it
is in the best interests of the Town and its inhabitants for the Town
Board to have the authority to award purchase contracts on the basis
of best value.