[Adopted 3-15-2016 by L.L. No. 1-2016]
This article provides for the Town of Owego Board 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 towns 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.
These sections apply to Town of Owego purchase contracts involving
an expenditure of more than $20,000 and Town of Owego public work
contracts involving an expenditure of more than $35,000, but exclude
purchase contracts necessary for the completion of a public works
contract pursuant to Article 8 of the 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 article 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 Town of Owego's procurement
policy, as adopted prior to the effective date of this article
by resolution of the Town of Owego Board, or as amended thereafter,
shall be deemed superseded by the provisions of this article.