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Home My WebLink AboutORD 6890 LOCAL PREFERENCE ) . .. . " I ORDINANCE NO. 6890 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND "SECTION ~,1;.10...s OF AUGUSTA-RICHMOND CODE TO ESTABUSH, A PREFERENCE FOR LOCAL VENDORS, TO PROVIDE A , DEFINITION FOR LOCAL VENDOR, TO ESTABLISH GUIDELINES FOR LOCAL PREFERENCE; TO PROVIDE. ' , AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WHEREAS, it is the policy of Augusta to promote the economic development of Augusta. In this spirit, Augusta desires to give an incentive for local vendors who participate in its competitive bid process; NOW, THEREFORE, THE AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY COMMISSION HEREBY ORDAINS AND IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE' SAME AS FOLLOWS: \ } . , Section 1. The Augusta-Richmond County Code ", is hereby, amended by deleting in its entirety Section 1-10-6, and replacing it with new Section 1-'10-6, , which shall read as follows: ' ..~ 1-10-6. Preference for Local Suppliers and Contractors (a) Augusta encourages th~ use of local suppliers of goods, services and construction products whenever possible: Augusta , also vigorously supports the advantages of an open competitive' market place. Nothing in this Section,shall be'interpreted'to mean . , that the City Administrator or Purchasing Director is restricted in , , , , , any way from seeking formal bids or proposals from outside the' Augusta market area. 1 1 ~ ' , . J I ~ \ ' ~ '.. , , (b) When the quotation or'informal bids selection method is used by the Purchasing Director or' using agency head to seek firms to quote on Augusta commodity, se'rvice and construction products, local firms should be contacted, if possible, first Then if the Purchasing Director or using agency head believes that there may not be at least three qualified informal bidders, quot:-s shall be , sought from outside the Augusta market area. , , (c) In the event ofa tie bid (see's 1-10-43 (h)), when all other factors are equat, the City Administrator is encouraged to select the bid from within the-local market area: The City Administrator shall" retain the flexibility to make the award of contract to a bidder outside of the local market area if evidence supports collusive , bidding in favor of a local source. (d) The local vendor preference policy shall be applied when thel6west local bidder is within 5% or $10,000, whichever is less,_ of the lowest non-local bidder. The lowest locar bidder will be _ allowed to matcn the bid of the lowest non-local bidder; if matched,. the lowest local bidder will be awarded the contract. , For purposes of this section, "local bidder" shall mean a business which:' 1) Has had a fixed office or distribution pointlocated in and , ' having a street address within Augusta for at least six (6) months .;. . 1 .' .-' immediately prior to the issuance of the request for competitive bids , or request for proposals by Augusta; and 2) Holds any business license required by the Augusta- Richmond County Code and 3) Employs at least one (1) full time employee, or two (2) part time employees whose prjmary residence is in Augusta, or if the business has no employees, the business shall beat least fifty I , percent (50%) owned by one or more persons whose primary residence is in Augusta. ) (e) The Purchasing Director shall develop ,a program to routinely search out local fi~s that offer products or services wllich , , , Augusta may purchase and encourage such firms to place themselves on the bidders list. (f) The Purchasing Director shall work closely with Augusta's, I , , , ' Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (see Article 7)inan effort to place such qualified firms on the approved list and their' products on the qualified products ,list. (g) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to mean that the City Administrator may abrogate'the provisions of a.c.G.A. 36- 10-1 through 36-10-5, Public Worns Contracts. This provision of " -) .., .. '.... .; , the State Code requires that all County public works contracts of $20,000 or more, as defined therein, be publicly advertised before, letting out the c~ntract to the lowest bidder. Furt'her, nothing in this ' section shall be interpreted to mean the City Administrator. may abrogate the provisions of the Augusta-Rjc~mond County Code requiring public advertising before letting certain contrc~ts." ,Section 2. This Ordinance shall become effective upon adoption. , Section 3. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance' . are hereby repe~led. Section 4. , If any section, provision, or claus,? of any part of this Ordinance be. ' , , , declared invali~or unconstitutional, or if the provisions of any part of this Ordinance as applied to any particular situation or set of circumstances be declared invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity shall not be construed to, affect portions of this Ordinance not so held.to be invalid, or the application of this Ordinance to other circumstances not so held to be invalid.' ,It is hereby r declared as the intent that this Ordinance w~l,Ild have been adopted had such invalid portion not be included herein. . .. Duly adopted this / f . day of ~ -.!.BN-daYOf ~ ,~006. 2006 and this' 19 ) P~blish in the Augusta Chronicle June 15, '2006 .' .. . " -..; . I -. ~ ,",'~ e8 Bon rjClerk ' First Reading: 'dIttt It 111I6 IlJlt n Ii; 11 ~ 6 ~~, " ' Second' Reading: .~ -1 . ) I " ,