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SECTION 3. Advertisement. The City Manager shall cause . notice inviting bids to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City at least five calendar days preceding the day set for the receipt of proposals. The notice shall contain a general description of the articles to be pur- chased or the work to be done, shall state where the particular plans and/or specifications may be secured, and shall state the time and place for opening b ids, or the time and place for com- petitive oral bidding before the City Council. Every notice shall contain a reservation of the Council's right to reject any and all bids. SECTION 4. Security. When deemed necessary by the City Manager, b id security shall be prescribed in the pub lic notices inviting bids. �uch security shall be in the form of cash, ` cashier's check, certified check or a bond executed by a corpor- ate surety authorized to transact business in the State of California, whichever is deemed acceptab le by the City Manager. Successful b idders shall forfeit any security required by the City Manager upon bidder' s failure to enter into a written con- tract or otherwise perform within ten days after the notice of the award and submission of the contract to the bidder. SECTION 5. Procedure. Unless the City Manager prescribes competitive oral b idding before the City Council in the public notices inviting b ids, b ids shall be submitted in sealed envelopes to the City Manager and shall be identified as bids on the envelopes. Bids shall be opened publicly at the time and place stated in the notice . The City Manager or the person opening the b ids under the direction of the City Manager shall prepare a tabulation of all -2-