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City purchasing director reports modest use of Buy American preference, cites job retention gains
Summary
Rhonda Kelsey reported that the Buy American Bid Incentive is applied to commodity competitive bids and has produced a small fiscal impact (roughly $15,000/year) while supporting vendor job retention; only a small number of formal awards have used the preference.
The Finance & Personnel Committee heard a report from City Purchasing Director Rhonda Kelsey on the Buy American Bid Incentive (Milwaukee Code ch. 310), which provides a three-tier preference (Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, U.S.) for qualifying commodity bids.
Kelsey said the incentive applies to formal competitive commodity bids (typically over $50,000) and requires 51% U.S.-made components…
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