§ 2.36.033. Local suppliers.

(a)

The purchasing agent shall give a preference of five percent to local suppliers for all informal and formal bids for contracts except with respect to those contracts which state law requires be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder.

If the total cost of an item or services from a local supplier is not more than five percent higher than the lowest bid from a nonlocal supplier, then the purchasing agent shall award the bid to the local supplier.

(b)

A local supplier is a business which conducts business in an office with a physical location within the county and which holds a valid business license issued by the county or a city within the county.

Business must have been conducted, meeting the aforementioned requirements, for a period of not less than six months prior to consideration as a local supplier in the evaluation of any bid.

(Ord. 2657 § 1, 1994)