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Committee approves 15% subcontract floor for non-local prime contractors with amendments
Summary
CB 70-2025 was advanced with amendments requiring at least 15% of contract value be subcontracted to county-based small businesses or MBEs; procurement staff cautioned the language needed clarifying to avoid applying the floor to very small contracts and warned of implementation challenges and federal scrutiny of race-based preferences.
The Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee voted 5-0 to move CB 70-2025 forward with amendments that establish a 15% subcontracting floor for businesses that do not qualify as county-based small businesses or county-based minority business enterprises (MBEs).
Committee staff described the bill as requiring that a non-qualifying prime contractor include a subcontract with a county-based small business for at least 15% of the total contract value. The fiscal analyst…
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