(A) General authority. The City Manager shall be the Purchasing Manager for the city and is hereby authorized to issue all solicitations and to award all city contracts for which the contract price does not exceed $150,000. Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the Purchasing Manager may adopt and amend all solicitation materials, contracts and forms required or permitted to be adopted by contracting agencies under the Oregon Public Contracting Code or otherwise convenient for the city's contracting needs. The Purchasing Manager shall hear all solicitation and award protests.

(B) Solicitation preferences. When possible, the Purchasing Manager shall use solicitation documents and evaluation criteria that:

(1) Give preference to goods and services that have been manufactured or produced in the State of Oregon if price, fitness, availability and quality are otherwise equal; and

(2) Give preference to goods that are certified to be made from recycled products when such goods are available, can be substituted for non-recycled products without a loss in quality, and the cost of goods made from recycled products is not significantly more than the cost of goods made from non-recycled products.

(C) Delegation of Purchasing Manager's authority. Any of the responsibilities or authorities of the Purchasing Manager under this chapter may be delegated and sub-delegated by written directive.

(D) Mandatory review of rules. Whenever the Oregon State Legislative Assembly enacts laws that cause the Attorney General to modify its model rules, the Purchasing Manager shall review the public contracting regulations, other than the model rules, and recommend to the City Council any modifications required to ensure compliance with statutory changes.(Ord. 2104, passed 3-28-05)