Int. No. 264
By Council Members Jackson, Stewart, Weprin and Gonzalez (by request of the Mayor)
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to competitive sealed bids and proposals from prequalified vendors.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 318 of the New York city charter, as amended by local law number 3 for the year 1997, is amended to read as follows:
§ 318. Competitive sealed bids from prequalified vendors. In accordance with section three hundred seventeen, bids may be solicited from vendors who have been prequalified for the provision of a good, service or construction pursuant to section three hundred twenty-four by mailing notice to each prequalified vendor or, if special circumstances require, to a selected list of prequalified vendors. Award of the contract shall be made in accordance with the provisions of section three hundred thirteen of this chapter. A determination to employ selective solicitation for a particular procurement or for a particular category of procurement shall be made in writing by the agency and approved by the mayor; unless the mayor, upon adequate assurances of an agency’s capacity to comply with procedural requirements in relation to this section, has determined that such approval is not required for an agency’s contracts or particular categories of contracts.
§ 2. Section 320 of the New York city charter, as amended by local law number 3 for the year 1997, is amended to read as follows:
§ 320. Competitive sealed proposals from prequalified vendors. In accordance with section three hundred seventeen, proposals may be solicited from vendors who have been prequalified for the provision of a good, service or construction pursuant to section three hundred twenty-four by mailing notice to each prequalified vendor or, if special circumstances require, to a selected list of prequalified vendors. Award of the contract shall be made in accordance with the provisions of three hundred nineteen. A determination to employ selective solicitation for a particular procurement or for a particular category of procurement shall be made in writing by the agency by the mayor; unless the mayor, upon adequate assurance of an agency’s capacity to comply with the procedural requirements in relation to this section, has determined that such approval is not required for an agency’s contracts or particular categories of contracts.
§ 3. This local law shall take effect 45 days after adoption, provided that the City agencies affected, including, but not limited to, the procurement policy board may take any actions necessary to effectuate the provisions of this local law prior to its effective date.