§ 20-68. On-call services and supply contracts.

The director of purchasing may award contracts for supplies or services to be utilized in emergencies. Such contracts shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) nor one (1) year with the possibility of two (2), one (1) year extensions. The director of purchasing shall award such contracts by formal bid or proposal, as required in section 20-63(a). In no case shall any employee or officer authorize a contractor so engaged to perform any services or furnish any goods in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) for an incident, unless the director of purchasing declares in writing that the incident is an emergency. The director shall not declare an incident to be an emergency unless:

(1)

The situation must be remedied before the city can carry on its normal business; and

(2)

a.

In the case of services, city employees are not qualified or available within a reasonable time to do the work;

b.

In the case of supplies, the procedures for obtaining supplies described in section 20-63 would cause undue delays; or

c.

The health and safety of the public would be at risk if the situation is not remedied immediately.

(Ord. No. 612-83, § 3, 11-7-83; Ord. No. 371-96, § 3, 4-29-96; Ord. No. 425-99, §§ 1, 2, 6-7-99; Ord. No. 512-01, § 1, 6-25-01)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 425-99, § 1, adopted June 7, 1999, provided as follows: "From and after the enactment of this Ordinance, and continuing until June 30, 2000, the following requirements and restrictions in the Denver Revised Municipal Code are hereby suspended from operation and enforcement as to the emergency services and supplies contracts listed in Section 3 below:

"A. That part of D.R.M.C. Section 20-76(b) which reads as follows: In no event shall any increases in prevailing wages over the amounts thereof as stated in such specifications result in any increased liability on the part of the city, and the possibility and risk of any such increase is assumed by all contractors entering into any such contract with the city."

"B. That part of D.R.M.C. Section 20-68 which reads as follows: Such contracts shall not exceed three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) nor one (1) year in duration."