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purchasing administrator shall select, in the order of preference, two or more offerors whose professional qualifications and proposed services are deemed most meritorious. Negotiations shall then be conducted, beginning with the offeror ranked first. If a contract satisfactory and advantageous to the city can be negotiated at a price considered fair and reasonable, the award shall be made to that offeror. Otherwise, negotiations with the offeror ranked first shall be formally terminated and negotiations conducted with the offeror ranked second, and so on until such a contract can be negotiated at a fair and reasonable price. When the terms and conditions of multiple awards are so provided in the reauest for proposals awards may be made to more than one offeror Should the purchasing administrator determine in writing that, in his sole discretion, only one offeror is fully qualified or that one offeror is clearly more highly qualified and suitable than the others under consideration, a contract may be negotiated and awarded to that offeror. (b) A contract for architectural or professional engineering services relating to mum construction projects may be negotiated by a public body, provided: (i) the projects require similar experience and expertise, (ii) the nature of the projects is clearly identified in the request for proposal, and (iii) the contract term is limited to one year or when the cumulative total project fees reach the maximum cost authorized in this paragraph, whichever occurs first. Such contract may be renewable for four additional one-year terms at the option of the public body. Under such contract: (a) the fair and reasonable prices, as negotiated, shall be used in determining the cost of each project performed, (b) the sum of all projects performed in one contract term shall not exceed $6,000,000.00; and (c) the project fee of any single project shall not exceed $1,500,000.00. Any unused amounts from the first contract term shall not be carried forward to the additional term. Competitive negotiations for such contracts may result in awards to more than one offeror provided: (1) the request for proposal so states, and (2) the public body has established procedures for distributing multiple projects among the selected contractors during the contract term. Such procedures shall prohibit requiring the selected contractors to com ete for individual proiects based on price 29. Division 6. -Public Private Partnerships of Article V of Chapter 12 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (2006), which consists of Section 12-290, is hereby moved, and existing Section 12-290 is hereby renumbered to Section 12-300 and amended as follows: DIVISION 6. -PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS Sec. 12- (0~8. -Procedures established. Pursuant to the requirements of Code of Virginia, § 56-575.1 et seq., the Public- Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002, as amended, restated or moved from time to time, the procedures for the consideration and approval of projects 22