§ 3.04.080. Standards and specifications—Promulgation.

A.

It shall be the duty of the purchasing agent to classify all the supplies, materials and equipment used by the various agencies of the city government, to adopt as standards the minimum number of qualities, sizes and varieties of commodities consistent with the efficient operation of the city government, and to prepare, adopt and promulgate written specifications describing such standards. The purchasing agent shall have power to make use of the laboratory and engineering facilities of the city and the technical staffs thereof in connection with its work of preparing and revising standards and written specifications. The purchasing agent shall also consult with the heads and other officials of the using agencies to determine their requirements and shall endeavor to prescribe those standards which meet the needs of the majority of such agencies.

B.

All specifications shall be definite and certain and permit of competition. After its adoption, each standard specification shall, until revised or rescinded, apply alike in terms and effect to every future purchase and contract for the commodity described in such specification.

(Prior revision § 2-71)