<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Eric,<div class="">I’m not an attorney, but as far as I know you are not legally required to solicit any number of bids. However, you are required to follow any policies your organization may have in place. We did a remodel of our main branch a few years back and I had our architect send it out to bid. There were only two bidders, and we chose the best of the two.</div><div class="">Van Buren has no such purchasing policy, but my last library did have one. I’m attaching it here.</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
<div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div>Dan Hutchins<br class="">Executive Director<br class="">Van Buren District Library<br class="">200 North Phelps Street<br class="">Decatur, MI 49045<br class=""><a href="mailto:dhutchins@vbdl.org" class="">dhutchins@vbdl.org</a><br class="">ph: 269-423-4771<br class="">www.vbdl.org</div></div>
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