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File #: 7973-14    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: In Committee
File created: 1/14/2014 In control: Committee on Government Reform
On agenda: 1/14/2014 Final action:
Title: An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending and supplementing the Administrative Code of Allegheny County, Article 905, entitled “Nonformal Procurement,” §5-905.03, entitled “Procurement of professional services,” and establishing a process to allow for the identification of contracts subject to review by the Professional Services Review Committee pursuant to §5-903.03 of the Administrative Code of Allegheny County in order to render the review process for such professional services contracts more efficient.
Sponsors: William Robinson
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An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending and supplementing the Administrative Code of Allegheny County, Article 905, entitled “Nonformal Procurement,” §5-905.03, entitled “Procurement of professional services,” and establishing a process to allow for the identification of contracts subject to review by the Professional Services Review Committee pursuant to §5-903.03 of the Administrative Code of Allegheny County in order to render the review process for such professional services contracts more efficient.


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Whereas, the Administrative Code of Allegheny County, §5-905.03 (A), states that the Professional Services Committee “will review and evaluate proposals for professional services for architects, engineers, financial consultants, legal services, and medical consulting”; and

Whereas, while the Code expressly recognizes the Committee’s involvement in reviewing such contracts, there is currently no process through which these contracts can be indentified independently of all County services contracts in the County’s financial reports; and

Whereas, it is the judgment of Council that establishing a process for identifying service contracts within the enumerated categories from the bulk of general service contracts would aid and expedite the review process required by the Code;

The Council of the County of Allegheny hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Amendment of the Code.

The Administrative Code of Allegheny County, Article 905, entitled “Nonformal Procurement,” §5-905.03, entitled “Procurement of professional services,” is hereby amended as follows:

§5-905.03. Procurement of professional services.

A. To review and evaluate proposals received for professional services there is hereby created a Professional Services Review Committee. The Committee will review and evaluate proposals for professional services for architects, engineers, financial consultants, legal services, and medical consulting. ...

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