OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL MAYOR
May 28, 2014
TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
Ladies and Gentlemen:
At the request of the Chief Procurement Officer, I transmit herewith, together with Alderman Baicer, an ordinance amending Chapter 2-92 of the Municipal Code regarding a small business and veteran joint venture preference.
Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Article III of Chapter 2-92 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by adding new sections 2-92-417 and 2-92-418, as follows:
2-92-417 Bid incentives -MBE/WBE requirements.
Unless otherwise prohibited by any federal, state or local law, any contract awarded based upon an allocation of a bid incentive authorized pursuant to this Article III shall be subject to the M.B.E. and W.B.E. participation provisions set forth in Articles IV and VI of this chapter. For purposes of this section "M.B.E." and "W.B.E" have the meaning ascribed to those terms in section 2-92-420.
2-92-418 Reserved. Contracts -bid incentive for small business enterprise and veteran-owned business enterprise joint ventures.
(a) For purposes of this section only, the following definitions apply:
"Bid incentive" means an amount deducted, for bid evaluation purposes only, from the contract base bid in order to calculate the bid price to be used to evaluate the bid on a competitively bid contract.
"Construction project" has the same meaning ascribed to that term in Section 2-92-335.
"Contract" means any contract, purchase order, construction project, or other agreement (other than a delegate agency contract or lease of real property or collective bargaining agreement) awarded by the city and whose cost is to be paid from funds belonging to or administered by the city.
"Contract base bid" means the total dollar amount a contractor bids on a con...
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