§ 13-1 FINDINGS AND PURPOSE — Albany Municipal Code

§ 13-1.1. Findings And Purpose. [Ord. 09-04, § 1]¶

The City Council finds and declares that it is the intent of the City Council in enacting Chapter 13 to achieve the following objectives when awarding contracts for which competitive bidding is required by this chapter:

a. To guard against actual (rather than the appearance of) favoritism, improvidence, extravagance, fraud, and corruption.
b. To prevent the waste of public funds.
c. To obtain the best economic result for the public, securing the best public work of improvement, equipment, materials and supplies at the lowest price practicable.
d. To stimulate advantageous market place competition.
e. To administer competitive bidding so as to accomplish these objectives fairly and reasonably with sole reference to the public interest, because competitive bidding is for the benefit of property holders and taxpayers of the City, and not for the benefit or enrichment of the bidders.
f. To administer competitive bidding so the process does not impede the usual and regular progress of the public business, or deprive the public, even temporarily, of those things necessary and indispensable to protect the public interest.

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