10-11. Attachment J - Local Preference Consideration.pdf
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- Nueces County, Texas
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This is a Local Preference Consideration attachment document for the City of Amarillo, Texas, related to the Osage WTP Settling Basin Repairs Phase 02 - West Basin project. The document establishes the local preference evaluation criteria applicable to bid proposals submitted for the settling basin repair work. The local preference consideration is factored into the overall bid evaluation and award process, allowing the city to give preference to qualified local bidders or businesses that meet specified local criteria. The specific local preference percentages, point adjustments, or qualification requirements are outlined within the attachment to guide both the city's evaluation team and potential bidders on how local status will influence the competitive bidding process.
The local preference consideration serves as a mechanism to support local economic development and community business participation in city procurement activities. Bidders should review the detailed local preference criteria to understand how their local status or business location may affect their proposal evaluation and competitiveness relative to non-local competitors. This attachment should be reviewed in conjunction with the main bid specifications and other project documents to ensure full compliance with all evaluation and submission requirements for the Osage WTP settling basin repair project.
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Local Preference Consideration
City of Amarillo
Section 271.9051 of the Texas Local Government Code “CONSIDERATION OF LOCATION OF RESPONDENTS
PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS”:
In accordance with SECTION 271.9051 OF THE Texas Local Government Code, if a local government receives one or more competitive sealed bids from a vendor whose principal place of business is in the municipality and whose bid is within five (5%) percent of the lowest bid price received from a vendor who is not a resident of the municipality, on contracts less than $500,000 the municipality may enter into a contract with (a) the lowest vendor or (b) the vendor whose principal place of business is in the municipality if the governing body of the local government determines, in writing, that the local vendor offers the local government the best combination of contract price and additional economic development opportunities for the local government created by the contract award, including the employment of residents of the local government and increased tax revenues to the local government.
Local Preference Consideration DOES NOT apply to a Construction Projects over $100,000 or Telecommunication and Information Technology Bids/Purchases.
If you DO NOT have your principal place of business located within the City of Amarillo city limits – STOP – do not fill out this form. Please state "Not Applicable" below and submit this form with your bid documents.
This “Application for Local Preference Consideration” does not mean that the City of Amarillo is limiting responses to this request for bids/proposals to only those businesses located within the city limits. All bids/proposals are welcome.
Respondents who wish to qualify under the local preferences law must have their principal place of business located with the Amarillo city limits.
If your principal place of business is within the Amarillo city limits and you want to apply for local preference consideration, then you must:
1. Complete the Local Preference Consideration Application, and
2. Describe in writing, and attach supporting documentation, the additional economic development opportunities for the City of Amarillo that will be created if you are awarded this contract. Include the number of City of Amarillo residents that you will employ to complete this contract and the increased tax revenues that will be generated for the City of Amarillo if you are awarded this contract.
Local Preference Consideration Application
Business Name: ______________________________________________________________________
Physical Address: ______________________________________________________________________
Mailing Address: ______________________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip Code: ______________________________________________________________________
Business Type:
o Corporation – Indicate state of incorporation _____________________________________________ o Partnership – indicate “general” or “limited” _____________________________________________ o Sole proprietorship __________________________________________________________________
Attachments: Describe in writing, and attach supporting documentation, the additional economic development opportunities for the City of Amarillo that will be created if you are awarded this contract. Include the number of
City of Amarillo residents that you will employ to complete this contract and the increased tax revenues that will be generated for the City of Amarillo if you are awarded this contract.
CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that the information which I have provided on this form is true and correct, that I am authorized to sign on behalf of the business set out above and if requested by the city will provide, within 10 days of notice, the necessary documents to substantiate the information provided.
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Authorized Representative Signature
Printed Name
Title
Date
(Attached description and documentation of economic impact as outlined on previous page)
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