339.05 Adopting bidding procedures and purchasing policies for services, supplies and equipment.
339.05 Adopting bidding procedures and purchasing policies for services, supplies and equipment.
A board of county hospital trustees may adopt, annually, bidding procedures and purchasing policies for services provided through a joint purchasing arrangement sponsored by a nonprofit organization, and for supplies and equipment, that are routinely used in the operation of the hospital and that cost in excess of the amount specified in section 307.86 of the Revised Code as the amount above which purchases must be competitively bid. If a board of county hospital trustees adopts those policies and procedures, and if the board of county commissioners approves them, the board of county hospital trustees may follow those policies and procedures in lieu of following the competitive bidding procedures of sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code.
Effective Date: 09-05-2001