There is hereby established in the City the Committee on Standardization and Specification.
The Committee on Standardization and Specification shall consist of the following seven officials or their duly designated representatives, who shall serve without additional compensation: the City Administrator, the Chief Financial Officer, Director of Public Works, Corporation Counsel, President of the Board of Water Commissioners and one other City official, to be appointed by the Mayor. The members of the Committee shall elect a Chairman from among their own number, who shall serve for one year. The Chairman of City Council or his designee shall be an ex officio member.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
The City Purchasing Agent shall enforce the written specifications adopted by the Committee on Standardization and Specification. He shall attend all meetings of the Committee in an advisory capacity and shall have the authority to present his recommendations on any proposed standardization or specification.
It shall be the duty of the Committee on Standardization and Specification:
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Classification. To classify all the goods and services used by the various branches of the City government.
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Standardization. To adopt as standards the minimum number of qualities, sizes and varieties of goods and services consistent with the successful operation of the City government.
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Specifications. To prepare and adopt written specifications of all such standard goods and services.
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Meetings. To hold official meetings at least once every two months.
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To formulate policy standards and purchasing strategies consistent with the Local Public Contracts Law to promote the efficient and effective delivery of goods and services.
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To provide guidance to the Purchasing Agent, Mayor and City Council.
All specifications adopted by the Committee on Standardization and Specification shall be definite and certain and shall permit competition, provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply to noncompetitive types and kinds of goods and services.
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After its adoption, each standard specification shall, until revised or rescinded, apply alike in terms and effect to every future purchase and contract for the supply described in such specifications.
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The City Purchasing Agent, with the approval of the Committee on Standardization and Specification, shall have the authority to exempt any using agency of the City from use of the supply described in such standard specification and/or the requirement to purchase specified goods or services through the Procurement Division.
The Committee on Standardization and Specification shall have the authority to make use of the laboratory and engineering facilities of the City and the technical staffs thereof in connection with its work of preparing and adopting standards and written specifications.
The Committee on Standardization and Specification shall consult with the department heads and other officials of the using agencies to determine their precise requirements and shall endeavor to prescribe those standards which meet the needs of the majority of such agencies.