(a) The City shall indicate in all its invitations to bid that it will apply a domestic Muskingum County and Ohio bid preference as outlined in this chapter in the evaluation and award of bids received. The City shall indicate in all its invitations to bid that it will apply a local workforce credit where appropriate (i.e. contracts for construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, alteration, repair, painting or decoration of a public improvement, including any highway improvement, made by the City.)
(b) All invitations to bid and requests for proposals shall require the bidder to:
(1) Complete and attest to the following:
“Buy American Act Certificate”: The bidder or offeror hereby certifies that each end product, except the end products listed below, is a domestic source end product as defined in the Buy America Act, 41 U.S.C.A. 10a- 10d; and that components of unknown origin have been considered to have been mined, produced or manufactured outside the United States. Excluded end products (show country or origin for each excluded end product):
(2) Submit the following information:
A. Identify each product that is not an Ohio product, and identify each product that is not a Muskingum County product.
B. Represent that all other products for which prices are submitted are Ohio products or Muskingum County products as indicated.
C. Identify whether the bidder claims to quality as offering an Ohio product or as having significant Ohio economic presence.
D. Identify whether the bidder claims to quality as offering a Muskingum County product or has having significant Muskingum County economic presence.
(c) All bidders who are interested in qualifying for Local Workforce Credit shall complete an Affidavit of Eligibility for Local Workforce Credit providing the percentage of their staff that are Local Employees or detailing the Local Trade Unions with which they will contract for skilled labor. (Ord. 08-44(A). Passed 6-9-08.)