DEPARTMENT: Finance
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott, Deputy Chief Financial Officer
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Procurement Programs
SUMMARY:
A briefing on the City's Procurement and Preference Programs
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On February 28, 2018, the Finance and Economic Development Departments presented to City Council in a B Session presentation an overview of the City's preference programs. This presentation was scheduled first to focus on providing background information, context and an orientation to gain a better understanding of the City's procurement preference programs, how state statute or case law applies to them, and the processes in which they are applied to city contracts. This briefing will build upon the first presentation and staff will be providing several recommendations and enhancements to existing programs and consideration of new programs for implementation. A brief explanation of the current programs are provided below:
Procurement Preference Programs
The City applies a variety of preference programs to its contracts as allowable by federal and state law and City Ordinances. Among these programs are the Local Preference Program (LPP) and the Veteran-Owned Small Business Preference (VOSBP) program. The LPP and VOSBP Programs were established in May 2013 and January 2014 respectfully, and provide preferences to local businesses and Veteran-Owned business competing for City contracts.
Specifically, the Local Preference Program uses the City's spending powers to promote fiscal responsibility and maximize the amount of tax dollars that remain in the local economy for the benefit of its citizens by utilizing all available legal opportunities to contract with City businesses. The Veteran-Owned Small Business Preference ordinance is consistent with the City Council's goal of promoting veteran-owned small businesses. Application of the program allows for allocation of preference points in the evaluation crite...
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