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Mount Clemens directs staff to draft local-preference purchasing policy with 2% Macomb/5% city preference

Mount Clemens City Commission · May 31, 2024
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Summary

Commissioners directed administration and the city attorney to draft a local-preference purchasing policy that would give vendors within Macomb County a 2% bid-match preference and vendors within Mount Clemens a 5% preference, after debate on appropriate percentages and competitive impacts.

On June 15 the City Commission directed administration and the city attorney to draft a local-preference purchasing policy that would allow local vendors to match the lowest bid within a small percentage. The amended directive adopted by the commission specifies a 2% preference for vendors within Macomb County and a 5% preference for vendors located in Mount Clemens.

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