§ 4.44.030. Mandatory duties of the purchasing agent.

A.

Assistance Within Metropolitan Government Agencies. Where feasible, the purchasing agent shall provide appropriate staff who shall be responsible to the purchasing agent and who shall serve within designated metropolitan government agencies to assist metropolitan government small, disadvantaged, and service-disabled veteran owned businesses in learning how to do business with the metropolitan government.

B.

Special Publications. The purchasing agent will give special publicity to procurement procedures and issue special publications designed to assist small, disadvantaged, and service-disabled veteran owned businesses in learning how to do business with the metropolitan government.

C.

Source Lists. The purchasing agent shall compile, maintain and make available source lists of small, disadvantaged, and service-disabled veteran owned businesses for the purpose of encouraging procurement from small, disadvantaged, and service-disabled veteran owned businesses.

D.

Solicitation Mailing Lists. To the extent deemed by such officer to be appropriate and as may be required by regulation, the purchasing agent shall include small, disadvantaged, and service-disabled veteran owned businesses on solicitation mailing lists.

E.

Solicitation of Small, Disadvantaged, and Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses. The purchasing agent shall assure that small, disadvantaged, and service-disabled veteran owned businesses are solicited on each procurement under one thousand dollars and on each other procurement for which such businesses may be suited.

F.

Training Programs. The purchasing agent shall develop special training programs to be conducted by the metropolitan government to assist small, disadvantaged, and service-disabled veteran owned businesses in learning how to do business with the metropolitan government.

(Amdt. 1 to Ord. BL2011-33 § 3, 2011; Ord. BL2011-33 § 3, 2011; Ord. 92-210 § 1 (11-202), 1992)