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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 17-109 of The Philadelphia Code is amended to read as follows:
§ 17-109. Local Bidding Preferences.
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(5) Award of City Contracts.
(a) On any contract for which the City secures competitive bids pursuant to Section 8- 200(1) of the Home Rule Charter, the Commissioner shall award a five percent bid preference to any Local Business Entity that submits with its bid:
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(b) In determining the lowest responsible bidder on any such contract, the Commissioner shall subtract five percent from the bid of any Local Business Entity awarded such a preference
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When there is a responsive bid from a local business entity within 10% of the lowest price submitted by a responsive non-local business, the local business shall have the opportunity to submit a bid equal to or lower than the amount of the low bid previously submitted by the non-local business. The Commissioner
shall
otherwise
implement the bid preference [otherwise] pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Commissioner.
The local preference must be applied to all price quotations at the time of price submittals.
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