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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR]ORDINANCE NO. 240324

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Sponsor: Councilmember Melissa Robinson
COMMTTEE SUBSTITUTE

Amending Chapter 3 of the Code of Ordinances of the Kansas City, Missouri, Contracts and Leases, by repealing Section 3-31, Contract Award, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter that requires departments to reevaluate qualifications by going through the architect and engineering selection committee process if the highest ranked proposer's contract amount exceeds $700,000.00 for design professional contracts or $7,000,000.00 for design-build contracts and codifying a state law change.

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That Chapter 3, Code of Ordinances, entitled "Contracts and Leases," relating to Contract Award, is hereby amended by repealing Section 3-31, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter, to read as follows:

Sec. 3-31. Contract award.

(a) General standards. Except as otherwise provided in this division 2, all contracts in which bids or proposals were required shall be awarded to the lowest and best bidder or best proposer as determined by the city in the city's sole discretion, after due opportunity for competition.

(b) Design professional contracts. A qualification based selection shall be made based upon the statement of qualifications that was required to be submitted and any supplement thereto as requested by the city. The process for making the qualification based selection shall be determined by the estimated dollar value of the design professional contract as follows, provided however that the failure to utilize the applicable process shall not invalidate any public improvement procurement or any contract:

(1) Contracts exceeding $600,000.00. The city shall convene an architect and engineering selection committee, which committee shall rank the firms from most to least qualif...

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