Advertising and Bids.
Milwaukee City Charter § 7-15
in effect7-15. Advertising and Bids.
Any city mentioned in the above section [S. 950-90b Stats. (1919)] at its option may, in providing for any such public work or improvement to be done, and before calling for bids thereon, through its proper authorities adopt different plans and specifications requiring the use of different kinds of materials for the proposed work or improvements to be made, whether patented or not, thereby bringing one kind of article, material or process in competition with one or more other kinds of articles, materials or processes designed to accomplish the same general purpose, and call for bids for each such kind of article, material or process, and thereafter let a contract for one kind of article, material or process; provided, that before any contract is let the bids received on all the different kinds of articles, materials or processes for which plans or specifications were prepared and upon which bids were called for shall be received, opened and considered before the kind of article or process to be used in such work or improvement shall be decided upon by the proper city authorities, and thereupon the proper city authorities shall first determine which kind of article, material or process shall be used in the work to be done, and thereafter and thereupon the contract shall be let to the lowest and responsible bidder for the kind of article, material or process so selected for use in the proposed public work or improvement. (S. 925-90c Wis. Stats 1919.)
Source: City of Milwaukee Legislative Reference Bureau, Milwaukee City Charter and Code of Ordinances (city.milwaukee.gov master PDFs)URL: https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccClerk/Ordinances/City-Charter/Master-Charter.pdf#page=56Fetched: 10/26/2026