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Indian River County Purchasing Manual — Effective August36December 20, 2022 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 $35,000), 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. ENTERPRISE ERP — Tyler Technologies enterprise resource planning (ERP) software program previously known as Munis. 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 $35,000. 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 $75,000, 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 $75,000, without competitive selection, unless otherwise required by applicable law. OFFICIAL — Any reference to a county official in this manual — such as the County Administrator, County Attorney, Department Director, Purchasing Manager or Risk Manager — shall include the official, or his or her designee. ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT — The department within the County which originated the request for procurement of a commodity or service. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) — A solicitation of input from interested parties for an upcoming solicitation or project. This procurement practice used to obtain comments, feedback 5 14