§ 2-665. Purchases of professional services; revenue and concession contracts.

(a)

In procuring professional services under the Professional Services Procurement Act, V.T.C.A., Government Code § 2254.004, the managing department may, when appropriate, award up to twenty (20) points to a respondent based upon knowledge of, and experience regarding, local conditions as part of the qualifications determination.

(b)

In procuring other professional services not governed by statute, revenue and concession contracts, the managing department may, when appropriate, award ten (10) points to a respondent that is a city business headquartered within the incorporated limits of the city, or five (5) points to a respondent that is a city business not headquartered within the incorporated limits of the city.

(c)

For respondents submitting responses as a joint venture to solicitations for professional services not governed by statute, revenue and concession contracts, the following is applicable:

(1)

For joint ventures, ownership and location of the individual entities entering into the joint venture relationship may be considered in the award of points. To be considered for points, at least one of the entities must be a city business; and

(2)

Allocation of points for joint ventures may be determined by the percentage of ownership by a city business(es). If the city business entity(ies) is (are) headquartered within the incorporated limits of the city for one year or more, the managing department may, when appropriate, allocate a percentage of ten (10) points based upon the percentage of city business ownership in the joint venture. If the city business entity(ies) is (are) not headquartered within the incorporated limits of the city for one year or more, the managing department may, when appropriate, allocate a percentage of five (5) points based on the percentage of city business ownership in the joint venture.

(Ord. No. 2013-12-05-0865, § 2, 12-5-13; Ord. No. 2014-11-13-0923, § 2, 11-13-14)