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If an emergency is confirmed, the Purchasing Division shall enter a requisition in MUNIS and assign an emergency purchase order number. The Originating Department may be required to enter a written explanation of the emergency in the MUNIS requisition for the permanent purchasing files. The Originating Department shall make the purchase of the necessary commodities or services and may be required to update the emergency requisition to reflect the actual description and cost of the commodities or services. The Purchasing Division shall issue a "confirming" purchase order to cover the purchase after receipt of the approved requisition. After Normal Working Hours. The Department Director shall exercise his or her judgment as to the justification for making an emergency procurement. If justified, the Department shall make the written emergency purchase request to the Purchasing Division, which shall prepare a requisition and assign a purchase order number. The Originating Department shall prepare an emergency memorandum and deliver it to the Purchasing Division on the next working day. In an emergency, contracts for purchase of parts or repairs to then -existing county equipment or machinery may be purchased or contracted by the County Administrator, provided the County Administrator certifies that an emergency exists, and routes a copy of the purchase order or contract to the Board for its review with a memorandum describing the emergency. Any request to the Purchasing Manager for an emergency purchase order number prior to complying with the requisition procedures outlined above shall be denied, unless the Purchasing Manager decides that a bona fide emergency does in fact exist. 3.5 PROCUREMENT PURSUANT TO EXISTING ANNUAL TERM CONTRACTS The Purchasing Manager shall issue annual term contracts for commodities and services (up to $25,000) or after approval by the County Administrator (up to $50,000) or the Board (up to or in excess of $50,000). The Purchasing Manager may renew an annual contract for multiple years, one year at a time, subject to satisfactory performance, zero cost increase (or as stated in the original contract), vendor acceptance and the determination that such renewal of the annual contract is in the best interests of the County, and authority for such renewal(s) is set forth in the contract. 3.6 BLANKET PURCHASE ORDERS A. Authority. A blanket purchase order may be issued for up to $25,000 for the purchase of miscellaneous commodities where the quantity cannot be anticipated or where it is not practical to store all items until they are needed. Single item purchases pursuant to a blanket purchase order may not exceed $1,000. Blanket purchase orders issued as a result of a bid or piggyback contract (entered into in accordance with section 3.3), or otherwise approved by the County Administrator (up to $50,000) or the Board (up to or in excess of $50,000), are exempt 10 65