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• <br />• <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />1. GENERAL INFORMATION 1 <br />1.1 INTRODUCTION 1 <br />1.2 PURCHASING OVERVIEW 1 <br />1.3 GENERAL PROVISIONS, PURPOSES AND APPLICATION 1 <br />1.4 PURCHASING DEFINITIONS 3 <br />1.5 AUTHORITY OF THE PURCHASING MANAGER 5 <br />2. REQUISITION GUIDELINES 6 <br />2.1 AUTHORITY 6 <br />2.2 PURCHASE REQUISITIONS 6 <br />2.3 QUOTE REQUIREMENTS BELOW MANDATORY BID THRESHOLD 6 <br />2.4 NEW VENDORS 6 <br />2.5 PURCHASE REQUISITION/ORDER EXEMPTIONS 6 <br />2.6 COUNTY PURCHASING CARD 7 <br />3. PURCHASES NOT REQUIRING COMPETITIVE SELECTION 8 <br />3.1 BELOW THE MANDATORY BID THRESHOLD 8 <br />3.2 SOLE SOURCE AND SOLE BRAND PROCUREMENT 8 <br />3.3 COOPERATIVE PURCHASING THROUGH OTHER GOVERNMENTAL CONTRACTS <br />("PIGGYBACKING") 9 <br />3.4 EMERGENCY PROCUREMENTS 9 <br />3.5 PROCUREMENT PURSUANT TO EXISTING ANNUAL TERM CONTRACTS 10 <br />3.6 BLANKET PURCHASE ORDERS 10 <br />4. COMPETETIVE SELECTION - BIDS 12 <br />4.1 AT OR ABOVE THE MANDATORY BID THRESHOLD 12 <br />4.2 BIDDING PROCEDURES 12 <br />ii <br />13 <br />