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Delaware City council approves electronic bidding and removes mandatory pre-bid requirement
Summary
Council approved ordinance 25-67 to modernize procurement: permit electronic bid submissions and remote bid openings, and make pre-bid meetings optional. The ordinance passed after a suspension of the three-reading rule; roll calls were recorded with one No vote on the suspension.
Council approved changes to competitive bidding procedures that authorize electronic submission of bids, permit electronic public bid openings (e.g., via Microsoft Teams), and remove the prior requirement that pre-bid meetings be mandatory.
Mr. Allen summarized the principal edits: "It provides for the electronic submission of bids...removes the requirement for a pre bid meeting...and allows for the opening of bids to be conducted and broadcast, electronically through video conferencing methods such as Microsoft Teams."
Council moved to suspend the three-reading rule and then voted to approve the amended ordinance. During the suspension vote Miss Griffith voted No while other members voted Yes; the ordinance itself was approved on a subsequent roll call with unanimous Yes votes recorded.
Outcome: Ordinance 25-67 approved; changes take effect per ordinance language and will allow procurement to proceed with electronic procedures.
