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Preference to County Businesses For the purposes of this chapter, a County Business is defined as a business possessing a valid Redlands Business License and having its principal business operation located within the County of San Bernardino and outside of the City of Redlands D Application to Bids When applying the Local Business Preference or County Business Preference to a bid, the purchasing agent shall apply the preference to the bid price solely for bid evaluation purposes such that the total price bid by a Local Business shall be reduced by eight percent (81/o) of the amount bid by the Local Business, and the reduced bid shall be deemed the amount bid by that bidder. The contract price shall in all events be the amount bid by the successful bidder awarded the contract E Application to Non-Professional Services Proposals When applying the Local Business Preference or County Business Preference to a proposal, the purchasing agent shall apply the preference in the form of additional points to the proposal's final score such that the score awarded to a proposal submitted by a Local Business or County Business is increased by eight percent (8%) of the total possible evaluation points F Change in Preferences• The Local Business and County Business preferences established by this Chapter shall terminate on December 31, 2015 Commencing on January 1, 2016, to further promote business retention within the city and the economic health of the city and to encourage local participation in the procurement process, the purchasing agent, in determining the lowest responsible bidder for contracts for goods, equipment and services having a value of $30,000 or more, may take into consideration the one percent(1%) sales tax which would be returned to the city as a result of the bid award For procurement where sales tax would not be generated as a result of the bid award and where the quality and price are equal to another bidder or bidders,the local vendor may be given the bid award G Recycled Goods Whenever practicable, all city departments shall use recycled content products and recycled materials to meet their needs and the city shall require its contractors and consultants to use recycled content products in fulfilling contractual obligations whenever practicable All other considerations being equal, preference shall be given to the purchase of products with the highest postconsumer content The following requirements are to be followed by the purchasing office and city staff in the procurement of recycled goods 1 City staff shall identify the recycled content products available and the vendors from whom such products are available for purchase and provide the information to the purchasing agent 2 From the information provided by city staff,the purchasing agent shall establish a list of recycled products for purchase by all departments when practicable and shall review purchase requests to encourage substitution of recycled products IAcclerMOrdinan=U761 Local Preference final.doc 2