3.16.070 Preference for local suppliers.
A. General Requirements. Each local supplier to the city, or any department or agency of the city, shall be eligible for a local preference as provided in this section.
B. Rights of First Refusal. Each local supplier who is within five percent of the lowest responsible bid and who is otherwise responsive and responsible to the call for bids shall be provided the opportunity to reduce the local supplier’s bid to the amount equal to the amount of the lowest responsible bid, if the lowest responsible bid is submitted by other than a local supplier. The opportunity to reduce the amount of the bid shall be provided first to the lowest eligible local supplier and, if not accepted by such local supplier within five business days of the opening of bids, then to each successive eligible local supplier, in ascending order of the amount of bids, who is within five percent of the lowest responsible bid. In the event: an eligible local supplier reduces the bid to the amount of the lowest responsible bid, the eligible local supplier shall be deemed to have provided the lowest responsible bid and shall be awarded the contract.
1. The foregoing provisions apply only to competitive bids that require that contracts be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. For contracts awarded pursuant to requests for proposals or requests for quotations, the awarding authority may consider, as one of the factors in determining the most suitable proposal or quotation, whether or not the proposal or quotation is submitted by a local supplier.
C. Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the term “local supplier” shall mean a business or resident doing business (i.e., having a city business license and reporting the city as the point of any business sales) and located (i.e., maintaining an office or location) within the city as a supplier of goods, supplies or equipment for the past two years. (Ord. 99-09 § 1, 1999)