Sec. 43-2. Scope.
A. Except as specified below, the scope of this chapter governs the City’s procurement of goods or services, when the good or service procured results in the payment of a price, reimbursement of cost, receipt of other consideration by the City, or any combination thereof.
B. The following activities are excluded from the scope of this chapter:
1. Design or construction services procured under Arizona Revised Statutes and the Phoenix City Code or both;
2. Intergovernmental agreements subject to Arizona Revised Statutes, except cooperative purchasing agreements described in Article X of this chapter;
3. Any process used to award grants and grant funds by or through the City;
4. Legal services, including the services of attorneys, expert witnesses and other legal advisors or consultants hired by the City Attorney;
5. Special investigative services for law enforcement purposes;
6. Petroleum, fuels or energy purchases authorized by City Council;
7. Goods or services purchased or received by the City without a procurement, when authorized in advance by the City Council;
8. Licenses or permits even if those licenses or permits result in revenue to the City, unless the license or permit is included with concessions; and
9. Development agreements as defined under Arizona law.
C. Revenue contracts are governed exclusively under Article XIII and the other articles of this chapter expressly incorporated in Article XIII.
D. When Federal law, including regulations, policies and procedures promulgated thereunder, applies to a procurement within the scope of this chapter, Federal law controls to the extent it requires or prohibits steps, standards or requirements in the procurement, or expressly conflicts with this chapter. In cases where this chapter and Federal law may be read to be consistent, both Federal law and this chapter will apply. (Ord. No. G-5953, 2014)