§ 2-646. Procurement of undercover narcotic vehicles.

Vehicles to be purchased for the Knox County Sheriffs Office (KCSO) which are for the specific use of undercover narcotic operations, shall be acquired in the following manner:

(1)

KCSO will submit a requisition to the assigned procurement division representative. This request will include a generic description of the type of vehicle(s) to be procured.

(2)

The procurement division representative will then solicit, at a minimum, three written, "confidential quotes" from perspective automobile dealerships.

(3)

The procurement division representative and the KCSO representative will then evaluate the quotes to determine best value.

(4)

Recommendation will then be made to the procurement director for signature approval.

(5)

The procurement director will forward to the finance director for signature approval.

(6)

Once approvals from the procurement director and finance director have been obtained the procurement division representative will make an award and issue a purchase order to the successful dealership.

(7)

All information relating to the type of vehicle procured will not be made part of the procurement record. Only information pertinent to acquisition and payment. KCSO will retain all other information deemed confidential.

(Ord. No. O-08-5-101, § 2(Exh. A), 6-23-08; Ord. No. O-10-11-101, § 1, 12-17-10; Ord. No. O-13-10-101, § 1, 11-18-13; Ord. No. O-16-3-101 , § 1, 4-25-16; Ord. No. O-18-7-101, § 1(Exh. A), 8-27-18 )

Editor's note

Ord. No. O-08-5-101, § 2(Exh. A), adopted June 23, 2008, enacted provisions intended for use as subsections (a)—(g). To preserve the style of this Code, and at the discretion of the editor, said provisions have been redesignated as subsections (1)—(7).