In this Section, the following words have the meanings indicated:
Broker means a person that provides goods or services (other than real estate, investment, or insurance sales) on a pass-through basis as follows:
(1) a supplier of goods who:
(A) does not own, operate, or maintain a place of business in which goods of the general character required under the contract are kept in stock in the regular course of business;
(B) does not regularly assume physical custody or possession of goods of comparable character to those offered to the County, or
(C) exclusively acts as a middleman in the sale of goods to the County; or
(2) a supplier of services who does not regularly maintain the capability, capacity, training, experience, and applicable regulatory licensing to directly perform the principal tasks of a contract with the County and must provide the principal tasks through a subcontract with a third party.
Contract Award means the delivery by the County of a fully executed contract to an offeror.
High Dollar Value Contract means an initial Contract Award that is estimated to exceed $10 million.
Local Business means a for-profit business other than a broker that has its principal place of business in the County, as further defined by Executive Regulation, and that is certified by the Director as a Local Business under the provisions of this Article.
Local Business Program Manager means a person designated by the Director to administer and monitor the Local Business Subcontracting Program.
Local Business Subcontractor means a Local Business that enters into a contract with a Contractor to perform work related to a High Dollar Value Contract for that Contractor. (2016 L.M.C., ch. 16, § 1.)