Local Purchasing Preferences - Albuquerque, NM

Albuquerque provides a 5% preference to local businesses and small businesses (under 20 employees).

From the Albuquerque City Code:

(1) A local preference shall be applied to all requests for bids, requests for proposals, and requests for quotes for the purchase of goods or services or for the award of concession contracts.

(2) A small business preference shall be applied to all requests for bids, requests for proposals, and requests for quotes for the purchase of goods or services.

(3) The state's Resident Contractor Preference shall be applied to all requests for bids or requests for proposals for the award of construction, in accordance with state law.

(4) A resident preference based on the state's Resident Business Preference shall be applied to a request for bids or request for proposals for the purchase of goods or services, but only if no offers have been received in response to the solicitation from offerors eligible for the local preference.

(5) The local, small business and resident preferences shall not be applied to any solicitation for a purchase or concession contract in excess of $5,000,000, for a federal aid construction project, or when the expenditure of federal funds designated for the contract is involved.

(6) The local, small business and resident preferences shall be applied by multiplying the amount bid or quoted or the proposal score of all eligible offers by the appropriate Preference Factor in determination of the recommended offeror for the solicitation.

(1) LOCAL BUSINESS shall mean a business that maintains its principal office and place of business in the Greater Albuquerque Metropolitan Area, defined in Section 3 of this Article.

(2) PREFERENCE FACTOR shall mean .95 when applied to bids and quotes, which factor shall be multiplied times the amount of the eligible bid, and shall mean 1.05 when applied to proposals, and shall be multiplied times the total score given each eligible proposal during evaluation.

(3) RESIDENT CONTRACTOR PREFER- ENCE shall mean the preference described in Section 13-4-2 NMSA 1978, as currently enacted or hereafter amended.

(4) RESIDENT BUSINESS PREFERENCE shall mean the preference described in Section 13-1-21 NMSA 1978, as currently enacted or hereafter amended.

(5) SMALL BUSINESS shall mean a local business which employs an average of fewer than 20 full-time employees in a calendar year.

(1) To qualify for a local or small business preference, the offeror must submit verifiable information certified by the offeror with its offer, unless an alternative method of pre-offer certification is established by the City Purchasing Officer.

(2) To qualify for a resident preference and the state's Resident Contractor Preference, an offeror must submit a valid number issued by the State of New Mexico with its offer.

(3) If necessary the Central Purchasing Office may seek additional information or proof to verify the offeror's eligibility.

(4) Only the principal offeror or one of the principal offerors, not a subcontractor, may qualify an offer for a preference.

(D) Small Business Goal. Each fiscal year the Central Purchasing Office shall strive to award to small businesses competed city purchases for goods and services processed through that office equivalent to 10% of the total value of such purchases for the prior fiscal year.

('74 Code, § 5-7-17) (Ord. 6-1991; Am. Ord. 30-1998; Am. Ord. 33-2002; Am. Ord. 33-2007) Penalty, see § 1-1-99