§ 18-12-145. Contracting for services.

(a)

Section 5i of the Home Rule City Act, MCL 117.5i, requires that the services under this division be provided by private contractors. The City prefers to enter into a contract with the DNIO for the services, with the exception that the DNIO will enter into one or more subcontracts with the service providers. If the DNIO desires to administer the SAD services, and the administering department determines that the DNIO is qualified, the administering department shall negotiate a contract with the DNIO in form satisfactory to the Law Department for administering the SAD. The contract shall address the methods by which the DNIO shall solicit and obtain bids from potential providers of the service(s) for which the SAD was established, and the awarding of subcontracts for such services, the procedures for requesting and obtaining prompt payment from the City (which shall include (1) invoices from private contractors that a DNIO has contracted with for the provision of Services within a SAD, and (2) a statement of the DNIO's reasonable costs incurred for administering the SAD, if any), auditing and accounting procedures, establishment or determination of appropriate administration fee(s), and such other issues as the DNIO, the administering department and the Law Department shall deem appropriate. If the DNIO does not desire to administer the contract(s) for services, the Administering Department may identify another entity to administer the contract(s) for services, or may elect to contract directly for such services in accordance with standard city procedures. If both the DNIO and the Administering Department decline to administer the contract(s) for the services, and the Administering Department is unable to identify another entity to administer the contracts, then the special assessment shall be canceled.

(b)

The contract shall contain provisions requiring the DNIO and all subcontractors to provide in a timely manner all information needed for redetermining costs in accordance with section 18-12-134.

(c)

The contract shall terminate upon acceptance of a discontinuance petition pursuant to section 18-12-141, and shall contain a provision so stating.

(d)

A DNIO may agree to, but shall not be required to, administer contracts for services in a district outside its own geographical area.

(Ord. No. 07-14, § 1, 4-29-14)