§ 3-9. Rejection of bids, proposals, qualifications.

(a)

The city may reject any and all bids or proposals for any or no reason. If all bids or proposals have been rejected, the city may do one or more of the following:

(1)

Resolicit bids or proposals only from those bidders or proposers that submitted a bid or proposal pursuant to the original solicitation; or

(2)

Use an expedited bid or proposal submission schedule with or without re-advertising or issuing any other public notice when the city determines that the delay from the normal solicitation procedure would not be in the city's best interests; or

(3)

Elect not to execute a contract.

(b)

Nothing in this article shall be construed as obligating the city to negotiate or execute any contract if the city shall have determined, at any point in time, that any project or solicitation should be terminated or cancelled for any or no reason.

(Ord. No. 130041, § 6, 3-21-13; Ord. No. 170963 , § 1, 4-19-18)