Items required for purchase that are not in internal inventories and are not on existing City contracts, whose total aggregate purchase of the same or similar goods or services from the same of different businesses at or about the same time are not more than $10,000.00, may be made by the Central Purchasing Office by requests for quotation with the following provisions:
A minimum of three documented oral quotes are required to process Purchase Orders for these type purchases. Departments can obtain quotes and submit them to Purchasing on an approved and completed Purchase Requisition and Disbursement Form or Property Item Requisition, as applicable. A Purchase Order will then be issued to the responsible vendor with the best responsive offer as determined by the Purchasing Division. Items can be ordered only with the issuance of a signed Purchase Order.
In compliance with the Public Purchases Ordinance, these quotes shall be obtained only from businesses located in the Greater Albuquerque Metropolitan Area, if there are three or more businesses within those boundaries which provide the goods, services or construction.
