[Adopted 3-13-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-4]
A.
All contracts for professional services and for services
defined in the law as extraordinary and unspecifiable services shall
be entered into when necessary or appropriate by the Borough of Palmyra,
and such contracts will only be awarded after a competitive, quality-based
fair and open process. A competitive, quality-based, fair and open
process shall require, at a minimum, that any necessary or appropriate
professional service contract or contract for extraordinary specifiable
services be:
(1)
Publicly advertised in newspapers or the Borough’s
Internet website in sufficient time to give notice in advance of the
contract;
(2)
Awarded under a process that provides for public solicitation
of proposals and/or qualifications;
(3)
Awarded and disclosed under criteria established in
writing by the Borough of Palmyra prior to the solicitation of proposals
or qualifications;
(4)
Publicly opened; and
(5)
Announced when awarded.
B.
The decision of the Borough of Palmyra as to what
constitutes a fair and open process shall be final.
Nothing contained in this article shall be construed
as prohibiting the award of a professional services contract when
an emergency exists requiring the immediate performance of services,
with such award being made in accordance with the rules of the Borough
and the New Jersey Local Public Contracts Law.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq.
The Borough Administrator and the Borough Solicitor
are directed and authorized to take all action necessary to prepare
and arrange for the implementation of policies and procedures in accordance
with this article.
