Purchases for city.
Section 20
SEC. 20. Purchases for city.—The Purchasing Agent shall purchase all supplies, equipment, material and property of every kind, except real estate, for the use of the city or any department or office thereof, and shall supply the same to the city or any department or office thereof in accordance with law. Provided, That the City shall make its purchases without the intervention of the Purchasing Agent when the needed supplies are obtainable at reasonable prices in the locality or neighboring places. But contracts for complete work of any kind for the use of the city, or any department or office thereof, involving both labor and materials, where the materials are furnished by the contractor and not by the city, shall not be deemed to be within the provisions of this section, and such contracts shall be made in accordance with other sections of this Act.