[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Monroe as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 5-20-2014 by L.L. No. 2-2014]
This article provides for the Village of Monroe Board of Trustees to exercise its local option from § 103, Subdivision 1, of the New York Municipal Law, as amended by Chapter 608 of the Laws of 2011 and Chapter 2 of the Laws of 2012. This amendment authorizes the Village of Monroe to award purchase and service contracts subject to competitive bidding under General Municipal Law § 103 based on either lowest responsible bidder or "best value," as defined in § 163 of the New York State Finance Law. This best value option may be, but is not required to be, used to award an applicable purchase contract to optimize quality, cost, and efficiency among responsive and responsible offers instead of the lowest responsible bidder.
A.
In accordance with § 103, Subdivision 1, of the New York General Municipal Law, as amended by Chapter 608 of the Laws of 2011 and Chapter 2 of the Laws of 2012, Village Boards may award contracts, including both purchase contracts and those contracts for service work, that have been procured pursuant to competitive bidding under General Municipal Law § 103 by either lowest responsible bidder or best value.
B.
Goods
and services procured and awarded on the basis of best value are those
that the Village Board determines will be of the highest quality while
being the most cost efficient. The determination of quality and cost
efficiency shall be based on objectively quantified and clearly described
and documented criteria, which may include, but shall not be limited
to, any or all of the following: cost of maintenance: proximity to
the end user if distance or response time is a significant term; durability;
availability of replacement parts or maintenance contractors; and
longer product life; product performance criteria; and quality of
craftsmanship.
These sections apply only to purchase contracts involving an
expenditure of more than $20,000, including contracts for service
work (i.e., building services under Article 9 of the Labor Law and
utility services), but excluding any purchase contract necessary for
the completion of a public works contract pursuant to Article 8 of
the New York State Labor Law as well as excluding any other contracts
in accordance with future state law. If the dollar thresholds of General
Municipal Law § 103 are increased or decreased in the future
by the State Legislature, the dollar thresholds set forth herein shall
be deemed simultaneously amended to match the new General Municipal
Law thresholds.
A quote or proposal received pursuant to standard bidding procedures
may be awarded on either a best value or lowest responsible bidder
standard. All information gathered in the course of the bidding procedures
of this section shall be filed with the documentation supporting the
subsequent purchase or public works contract. When a contract is awarded
on the basis of best value rather than a lowest responsible bidder,
the basis for determining best value shall be thoroughly and accurately
documented.
Any inconsistent provision of the Village's procurement
policy, as adopted prior to the effective date of this article by
resolution of the Village Board, or as amended thereafter, shall be
deemed superseded by the provisions of this article.
