Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Supervisor Warren Slocum, District 4
Supervisor Noelia Corzo, District 2
Subject: Introduction of an ordinance adopting Chapter 2.89 of Title 2 of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code Regarding Procurement Preference for Local Businesses.
RECOMMENDATION:
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Introduction of an ordinance adopting Chapter 2.89 of Title 2 of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code regarding procurement preference for local businesses and waive the reading of the ordinance in its entirety.
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BACKGROUND:
As a strategy to operationalize equity in County operations, the Board of Supervisors adopted an Anchor Institution
Resolution on March 8, 2022, to ensure the economic opportunities that the County generates are intentionally aligned with our priorities for equity, inclusion, and shared prosperity. One of the key anchor strategies to advance shared prosperity is inclusive procurement, which aims to maximize the County's procurement processes to support an inclusive local businesses ecosystem. The County conducted a Supplier Diversity Study to better understand the utilization and availability of local small and diverse businesses in the local market. The Study found that overall, the County:
* underutilizes local small and local micro businesses
* substantially underutilizes local small and local micro businesses in professional services contracts and as prime contractors
* substantially underutilizes diverse businesses (minority-, LGBTQ-, and veteran- owned)
* local small and micro businesses have limited resources, capacity and/or experience to compete for County solicitations.
The Study recommends implementing local, and local small and local micro business measures such as preference points or bid discounts in competitive solicitations, when ap...
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