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<br />Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />Page 6 of 15 <br /> <br /> (hg) If required by federal, state or other law, cause notices inviting bids to be <br /> published. <br /> <br /> (ih) Endeavor to establish standards in the variety of articles, materials, <br /> supplies, labor, and equipment, commonly used by the various departments <br /> and agencies, as will make possible uniform purchases, when consistent <br /> with efficiency. <br /> <br /> (ji) Prepare, with the approval of the city attorney as to form, a pre-printed <br /> purchase order to be utilized in contracts for materials, supplies, labor and <br /> equipment. <br /> <br /> Section 6. Section 2-803.1 of Article VII.II (Purchasing Rules and Regulations) <br />of Chapter 2 (Administration) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to <br />read in its entirety as follows: <br /> <br /> Sec. 2-803.1. Local preference in contracts for materials, supplies, labor and <br /> equipment. <br /> <br /> Except for those contracts for which the Charter of the City of Santa Ana prohibits <br />the provision of a local preference, and/or those contracts funded through programs or <br />partners which prohibit the use of a local preference, the city council authorizes the <br />purchasing manager to extend a preference to local business and Orange County <br />business as set forth herein. <br /> <br /> (a) In the procurement of material, supplies, labor and equipment involving <br /> expenditures a contract award between five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) <br /> ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) and one hundred thousand dollars <br /> ($100,000.00), the purchasing manager shall extend a preference to each <br /> local business and each Orange County business, which preference shall <br /> be applied to the bid which provides maximum quality at minimum price. <br /> Said preference shall be set by resolution of the city council. <br /> <br /> (b) If the bidder submitting the maximum quality at minimum cost bid is not a <br /> local business or an Orange County business, and if a local business or an <br /> Orange County business has submitted a responsive and responsible bid, <br /> and with the benefit of the applicable preference, the bid submitted by local <br /> business or Orange County business is equal to or less than the original <br /> maximum quality at minimum cost bid, the contract shall be awarded to the <br /> local business or the Orange County business at its submitted bid price. If <br /> two (2) or more low bids received are equal after the application of the <br /> preference, the contract shall be awarded in the following order: <br /> <br /> (1) To a local business. <br />