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Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 and the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992, as well as all other applicable regulations, guidelines and standards. Any person who believes their rights have been violated should report such discrimination to the County's Title VI/Nondiscrimination Coordinator through the office of the County Attorney. 0. Ethics and Conflict of Interest. All County employees involved in any part of the procurement process are required to act in an ethical manner. Local policies addressing such practices may be found in the Administrative Policy Manual, AM -806.1, Conflicts of Interest/Ethics Code 104.06 (which supplements the requirements of F.S. Chapter 112) and County Code Section 105.08 — Disclosure of Relationships. 1.4 PURCHASING DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE LAW - Any local, state or federal law which applies to the transaction or issue at hand, as amended from time to time. If any specific statute or local law is cited in this manual, such reference shall be to the statute or local law, as amended from time to time. EMERGENCY - Any circumstance which creates a threat to public health, safety, welfare or property, or may result in substantial loss to the County. The term shall not be limited to officially -declared local, state or federal emergencies. In the absence of an officially declared state of emergency, the Purchasing Manager (for purchases up to $25,000), the County Administrator or the Board shall determine whether an emergency exists for procurement purposes. EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT — A procurement transaction necessitated by an emergency where the delay incident to compliance with this manual would be detrimental to the best interests of the County. INVITATION TO BID — A solicitation for fixed pricing to complete specified work or provide specified commodities or services. INVITATION TO NEGOTIATE (ITN) — A solicitation for proposals to determine a best value option to meet a specific goal or address a specific problem. The solicitation seeks one or more respondents with whom the County will negotiate for the procurement of commodities or contractual services. Unless otherwise identified in the individual solicitation, evaluation will be completed as outlined in Section 5.1, however negotiations with multiple firms may be conducted concurrently. MANDATORY BID THRESHOLD — The mandatory bid threshold shall be $25,000. Commodities or services having an estimated value equal to or in excess of the mandatory bid threshold shall be procured through a competitive selection process; provided that the County Administrator shall be authorized to enter into a procurement transaction up to $50,000, without competitive selection, and at his discretion, without three quotes if determined to be in the best interest of the County, unless otherwise required by applicable law; and provided further that the Board shall be authorized to approve a procurement transaction up to or in excess of $50,000, without competitive selection, unless otherwise required by applicable law. 4 66