For purposes of this Article IX, the following definitions shall apply:
"Chief Procurement Officer" means the City's Chief Procurement Officer.
"Contract" means any contract, purchase order or agreement (other than a delegate agency contract or lease of real property or collective bargaining agreement or a construction contract as defined in Section 2-92-670) awarded by any officer or agency of the city other than the City Council, and whose cost is to be paid from funds belonging to or administered by the City of Chicago, regardless of source.
"Department of Procurement Services" or "DPS" means the City's Department of Procurement Services.
"Local business enterprise" means a business entity located within the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry or Will in the State of Illinois (the "Six County Region").
"Non-construction mid-sized business initiative procurement program" or "NMBI procurement program" means the program established pursuant to this Article IX.
"Mid-sized local business enterprise" or "MSB" means a local business enterprise that has gross receipts, averaged over its previous five fiscal years, that do not exceed one and a half times the size standards of minority-owned or women-owned business as set forth pursuant to Section 2-92-420(o) of this Code.
(Added Coun. J. 3-28-18, p. 72115, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 10-27-21, p. 39543, Art. III, § 2)