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Commissioners review resolution to codify procurement definitions, add local and workforce preferences
Summary
The board reviewed Resolution 115-25 to formalize definitions of "responsible" and "responsive" bidders and expand the county preference policy to include workforce development, people with disabilities and disabled veterans; staff asked for an effective date of Jan. 1 to allow implementation.
Peg Trent, chief counsel for Johnson County, presented Resolution 115-25, which would amend county purchasing policies to clearly define competitive-procurement terms and expand the county’s preference policy.
The presentation said Policy 110165 (competitive procurement) would codify existing practices and align county procedures for determining what a "responsible" and "responsive" bidder means. The draft also moves the county’s local-business preference (currently used as a tie-breaker under Policy 110125) into the updated preference policy and adds preferences for certified workforce-development…
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