§ 66-263. Consulting and other services—Price discount.

(a)

Applicable procurements . This section shall be applicable to procurements for other consulting services and services where the estimated contract value is $225,000.00 or less. The price discount will not apply to emergency procurements or procurements for which MWBE requirements have been waived pursuant to this article.

(b)

Eligible firms . The MWBE businesses eligible for the price discount provided in this section shall be owned by one or more of the following groups: African-Americans; Asian Americans; Hispanic Americans; Caucasian Women.

(c)

Price discount . For best value price evaluation purposes only, the bid, quote or price submitted by an eligible firm shall be reduced by five percent, not to exceed a maximum discount of $11,250.00.

(d)

Preference . Where services are procured by request for proposals or request for qualifications, a responsive proposal, which meets the minimum qualifications, submitted by an eligible MWBE shall be assigned ten percent of the maximum evaluation points available for proposal evaluation. Where the maximum evaluation points available are 100 percent, this preference shall grant ten points to an eligible MWBE.

(e)

Post-award subcontractor changes . If after the contract award, the prime contractor chooses to subcontract work that it proposed to self-perform to a non-MWBE, or the prime contractor chooses not to utilize the MWBE subcontractors identified in its bid or subcontractor utilization plan, the prime contractor may face penalties pursuant to section 66-269 of this Code, unless approved in writing by the procurement official.

(Ord. No. 4679-18, § 3, 12-17-2018)