[Adopted 5-17-1993 as
Ch. 2.48 of the 1993 Code]
The Purchasing Agent shall have charge of the Purchasing Department
and shall be responsible to the Mayor for its proper administration.
A.
The City Purchasing Agent shall purchase all materials, equipment
and supplies for the City and every department thereof, except in
case of unusual emergency.
B.
No contract or other agreement for the purposes of providing goods,
services or real estate space to the City shall be entered into, renewed
or extended with any person or business enterprise unless such party
certifies in writing, under the pains and penalties of perjury, that
he has complied with all laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
relating to taxes, including legal taxes under the provisions of MGL
c. 59.
C.
No contract for the purposes of providing goods or services to the
City shall be entered into, renewed or extended with any person or
other entity unless such person or entity certifies in writing, under
the pains and penalties of perjury, that it does not do any business
with or purchase any products from any company which has direct investment
or employees in the country of Burma, also known as Myanmar. In the
event the City Purchasing Agent determines that a person and/or entity
doing business with the City violates the terms of the certification
herein given, he shall forthwith terminate the contract with such
by written notice sent by first-class mail to the address of record
listed in such contract.
[Added 10-20-1997 by Order
No. 97-229]
D.
The City Purchasing Agent shall establish and maintain a list which
contains the names of all persons and/or companies currently doing
business in Burma.
[Added 10-20-1997 by Order
No. 97-229]
The City Purchasing Agent shall at the end of each month make
available to the Mayor a running register of the purchases made by
him the preceding month, which shall include the prices paid, the
names of the seller and the branch, department or division for whom
the purchases were made.
