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3. PURCHASES NOT REQUIRING COMPETITIVE SELECTION <br />3.1 BELOW THE MANDATORY BID THRESHOLD <br />Purchases below the mandatory bid threshold may be made without competitive selection; <br />however, purchases below the mandatory bid threshold may be made with competitive selection, <br />at the discretion of the Purchasing Manager, the County Administrator or the Board. Quotes are <br />required as detailed in paragraph 2.3. <br />3.2 SOLE SOURCE AND SOLE BRAND PROCUREMENT <br />A sole source or sole brand purchase less than $35,000 may be authorized by the Purchasing <br />Manager after receipt of proper documentation from the Originating Department in the form of a <br />completed sole source/sole brand memorandum and documentation verifying that a good faith <br />review of available sources or brands has been completed. A record of the sole source or sole <br />brand request shall be maintained by attachment of the completed documentation +r+ -to the <br />MUMS requisition= <br />A sole source or sole brand purchase up to $75,000 may be approved by the County <br />Administrator. Any request in excess of $75,000, shall be submitted to the Board for approval. <br />A sole source procurement involving contracts or purchase of materials for the construction, <br />modification, alteration, or repair of any publicly owned facility shall be governed by Florida <br />Statute 255.04, which generally provides that the County may not specify the use of materials or <br />systems by a sole source, unless the Board, after consideration of all available alternatives <br />materials and systems, determines that the specification of the sole source is justifiable based <br />upon its cost or interchangeability, and the sole source specification has been recommended by <br />the architect or engineer of record. Documentation of the Board's determination and supporting <br />justification shall be maintained in the bid or requisition file. <br />For a commodity or service to be deemed a sole source or sole brand procurement, the <br />department must submit appropriate documentation, which shall include both correspondence <br />from the manufacturer or vendor (dated within the past 12 months) asserting its status as sole <br />source or sole brand and a completed sole source/sole brand memorandum, documenting at least <br />one of the following: <br />A. This is the only known vendor or manufacturer reasonably capable of providing a <br />specific commodity or service to the County. <br />64 <br />