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ARTICLE ONE <br />PURPOSES, CONSTRUCTION, AND APPLICATION <br />Section_ 1.1.01. AUTHORITY. Pursuant to the authority granted by <br />the Indian River County Code of Ordinances, the rules and <br />regulations set forth herein have been promulgated and approved by <br />the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners. <br />Section 1.1.02. SHORT TITLE. These rules and regulations shall <br />e known an may be cited as the "Procurement Rules and <br />Regulations". <br />1.1.03. PURPOSES, RULES OF CONSTRUCTION <br />A. interpretation. These z ^vz'r6'YeS Shall be nn�o^stci rued <br />and applied to promote its underlying purposes and <br />policies. <br />B. Purposes and Policies: Th -underlying purposes—of <br />this code are to provide Indian River County a <br />unified purchasing system, with centralized <br />responsibility allowing for processing of some work <br />by delegation. These code simplifies, clarifies <br />and modernizes the rules and regulations governing <br />procurement of the County while allowing the <br />continued eve opmen of procurement policies an <br />practices. These Rules and Regulations provide for <br />increased economy in procurement activities and <br />enables the County to maximize to the fullest <br />extent prac icca le, the purchasing valme—of-public <br />mounds bl�€ostering�—e€€ec iv_ broad based <br />competition within the free enterprise system, <br />while ensuring fair and equitable treatment of all <br />persons who deal with County Procurement. These <br />Rules and Regulations provide safe,,---rds for the <br />maintenance of a procurement system ofaqu lity and <br />integrity and also is intended to provide for <br />increased public confidence in the procedures <br />followed by public procurement. <br />1.1.04 REQUIREMENT OF GOOD FAITH <br />These Policies require all parties involved in the <br />negotiation, development, performance, or administration <br />of County contracts to in goodfa=th. <br />SmeadSoft Reprint Date: Monday, August 12, 2013 - 15:25:16 - OfficialDocuments:674, Attachment Id 0, Page 11 <br />