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Section 3-12 INNOVATIVE PROCUREMENT METHODS. (a) Purpose. Innovative procurement methods test and evaluate the feasibility and application of procurement methods not currently used by the City or provided for under these Rules. (b) Prerequisites for Using Innovative Procurement Methods . (1) Approval. Innovative procurement methods require the approval of the CCPO, upon the written request of an ACCO. The CCPO shall not delegate this authority. (2) Circumstances of Use. An innovative procurement method may be used to procure goods, services, construction, and construction-related services in circumstances where such method would serve the City’s interest better than those methods currently available under these Rules. (3) Notice of Opportunity to Comment on Proposed Method and/or Submit Expression of Interest. The public shall have twenty days to submit written comment on a proposed innovative procurement method and/or submit expressions of interest for a contract to be let pursuant to this section.

(i) Frequency. Notice of such opportunity shall be published in not less than five consecutive editions of the City Record and on the City’s website and shall be posted on the City’s website in a location that is accessible by the public simultaneously with its publication. The due date for receipt of comments and submission of expressions of interest shall be not less than twenty days after the final notice in the City Record. (ii) Content. Such notice shall include: (A) the name of the agency proposing the innovative procurement (C) a description of the goods, services, construction, or construction-related services to be procured using this method, and the approximate dollar value of the procurement; (D) the reason(s) why the use of such method would serve the City’s interest better than the methods currently available under these Rules; (E) the nature and requirements of the procurement method to be used, including, but not limited, to how vendors may express interest in providing the desired goods, services, construction, or method; (B) PIN;

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