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• ARTICLE II. CITY PURCHASING AGENT. ARTICLE III. COOPERATIVE PROCUREMENT. ARTICLE IV. CONTRACT FORMATION AND METHODS OF SOURCE SELECTION. Sec. 21.1-12. Competitive sealed bidding -- Conditions for use... Sec. 21.1-13. Same -- On state -aid projects. No contract for the construction of any building or for an addition to or an improvement of an existing building by the city for which state funds of $10.000 one hundr-ed €heasand dellare or more, either by appropriation, grant-in-aid or loan, are used for all or part of the cost of construction shall be let except after competitive bidding or after competitive negotiation as provided in section 21.1-32 below. The procedure for advertising for bids or for proposals and fpr letting of the contract shall be consistent with this chapter. No person or firm that has been engaged as architect or engineer for a project under a separate • contract shall be eligible to bid on. submit a proposal for. or be awarded a contract for that project. Sec. 21.1-14. Public inspection of procurement records. (a) Except as provided herein, all proceedings, records, contracts and other public records relating to procurement transactions shall be open to the inspection of any citizen, or any interested person, firm or corporation, in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. (b) Cost estimates relating to a proposed procurement transaction prepared by or for the city shall not be open to public inspection. (c) Any competitive sealed bidding bidder,eF effepeFT upon request, shall be afforded the opportunity to inspect bid and ppepesal records within a reasonable time after the opening of all bids but prior to award, except in the event that the city decides not to accept any of the bids and to reopen the contract, postpone the contract or not contract at all. Otherwise, bid and pFepeeal records shall be open to public inspection only after award of the contract. 4