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- A. The City may Award a Contract as an Emergency Procurement without the use of competitive sealed Bidding or competitive sealed Proposals as authorized by ORS 279B.080 and Chapter 5.33 of this Code. Emergency Procurement Contracts pursuant to a Proclamation of a State of Emergency or Disaster, however, are governed by Section 5.33.135.
- B. The Council or person authorizing the Emergency Procurement Contract shall document the nature of the Emergency and describe the method used for the selection of the particular Contractor. The City shall encourage competition for Emergency Procurement Contracts to the extent reasonable under the circumstances.
- C. The Chief Procurement Officer may award, execute, amend, and terminate an Emergency Procurement Contract if the original value of the Emergency Procurement Contract is $500,000 or less with authorization from the Commissioner-in-Charge of the City Office, Bureau or Department.
- D. If the Chief Procurement Office or person to whom the powers of the Chief Procurement Officer have been delegated is unable to perform the duties of the Chief Procurement Officer position, the director of a City Office, Bureau or Department may award, execute, amend, and terminate an Emergency Procurement Contract if the original value of the Emergency Procurement Contract is $500,000 or less with authorization from the Commissioner-in-Charge of the City Office, Bureau or Department.
- E. A Commissioner-in-Charge of a City Office, Bureau or Department may award, execute, amend, and terminate an Emergency Procurement Contract subject to the following procedures over $500,000.
- 1. The Commissioner-in-Charge shall immediately prepare an ordinance for City Council approval of the Emergency Procurement Contract at its next regularly scheduled session or as soon as possible thereafter.
- 2. If City Council adopts the ordinance, the City will pay for the Work required by the Emergency Procurement Contract. If City Council disapproves the ordinance, the City only will pay for Work performed prior to the date that City Council considered the ordinance for approval. If presentation of the ordinance to City Council is delayed, the City will pay for Work performed prior to the time when the ordinance first was presented to City Council.
- F. All documentation of Emergency Procurement Contracts shall be sent to the Chief Procurement Officer for record keeping purposes.
- G. Emergency Procurement Contracts, whether or not signed by the Contractor, shall be deemed to contain a termination for convenience clause permitting the City to immediately terminate the Contract at its discretion and, unless the Contract was void, the City may pay the Contractor only for Work performed prior to the date of termination and the Contractor’s unavoidable costs incurred as a result of the termination. The City shall not be liable for Contractor’s anticipated lost profits or consequential damages as a result of the termination.
- H. Pursuant to ORS 279C.380(4) and this rule, the Emergency Procurement Contract may also state that the City waives the requirement of furnishing a performance bond and payment bond for the Emergency Procurement Contract. Waiving those bonding requirements does not affect the separate Public Works bond requirement for the benefit of the Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) in enforcing prevailing wage rate and overtime payment requirements. In addition, nothing herein shall prevent the Chief Procurement Officer or City Council from subsequently requesting such bonds from the Contractor after work begins.