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2/7/12 <br />extend a preference to each local business and each Orange County <br />business, which preference shall be applied to the bid which provides <br />maximum quality at minimum price. Said preference shall be set by <br />Resolution of the City Council. <br />(b). If the bidder submitting the maximum quality at minimum cost <br />bid is not a local business or an Orange County business, and if a local <br />business or an Orange County business has submitted a responsive and <br />responsible bid, and with the benefit of the applicable preference, the bid <br />submitted by local business or Orange County business is equal to or less <br />than the original maximum quality at minimum cost bid, the contract shall <br />be awarded to the local business or the Orange County business at its <br />submitted bid price. If two (2) or more low bids received are equal after the <br />application of the preference, the contract shall be awarded in the following <br />order: <br />1) to a local business <br />2) to an Orange County business <br />3) to the bidder submitting the maximum quality at minimum <br />cost bid. <br />The city shall reserve the right to reject any or all bids. <br />(c). In order for the preference to apply, a bidder must certify <br />under penalty of perjury, that the bidder qualifies as a local business or <br />Orange County business. The preference is waived if the certification does <br />not appear on the bid. <br />Section 5. Section 2-805 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby <br />amended such that it reads as follows (new language in bold, deleted language <br />in strikeout for tracking purposes only): <br />Sec. 2-805. Procurement of materials, supplies, labor, and equipment between <br />five hundred dollars ($500.00) and twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00). <br />(a) For those agreements exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) but <br />not exceeding five thousand ($5,000.00), the city manager may bind the city on <br />contracts for materials, supplies, labor, and equipment in amounts not exceeding <br />five thousand dollars ($5000.00) in any one contract or in the aggregate with any <br />one vendor or service provider. These contracts can be entered into <br />administratively without the need for informal or formal bidding. <br />(b) Unless exempt from bidding pursuant section 2-807, all contracts <br />4 <br />75B-18