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a. Consider approving and adopting the Monterey County Local Preference Policy as presented by the Resource Management Agency and the Contracts/Purchasing Division in response to Board Referral 2011.08; and
b. Consider supporting staff’s recommendation of Option-B, within Section B of the proposed policy, as currently defined by County Ordinance 2.32.035 Preference for Local Suppliers.
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and adopt the Monterey County Local Preference Policy as presented by the Resource Management Agency and the Contracts/Purchasing Division in response to Board Referral 2011.08; and
b. Support staff’s recommendation of Option-B, within Section B of the proposed policy, as currently defined by County Ordinance 2.32.035 Preference for Local Suppliers.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The County of Monterey is a large consumer of goods and services and as such, the purchasing practices of County departments can have a significant impact on our local economy. In response to Board Referral 2011.08, staff from the Office of the County Counsel, Contracts/Purchasing, and Resource Management Agency met with several stakeholder groups, including members from the local American Institute of Architects Monterey Bay Chapter (AIA Monterey Bay), on multiple occasions to discuss the board’s referral in depth.
During the meetings, members of the stakeholders group provided staff with a number of local preference documents from a variety of other jurisdictions as reference materials to aid in the discussions. The discussions of the group focused mainly around the stakeholder’s request to include additional local preference provisions within the County’s current selection process during the formal solicitation process (non-public works related projects) that would give local businesses within the tri-county area of Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz County an advantage over non-local proposers. The proposed policy ...
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