8.26.050 Adjustments to Bid Price for Evaluation of Individual Product Meeting Minimum Content Standards.
The County Purchasing Agent or his/her designee shall use a percentage factor of 10 percent in the process of determining the lowest responsive and responsible bid using the following procedures and evaluation criteria for purchase of paper products pursuant to invitations for bids issued 30 days after the effective date of this Chapter:
A. An item is qualified for the 10 percent price-preference if:
1. The bidder requested a price preference for the item(s) on the bid; and
2. The bidder has submitted a statement from the manufacturer certifying the recycled content of each product for which a preference is requested; and
3. The recycled content meets the standards set forth by the Director of Utilities for minimum content of recycled paper and paper products.
B. Bids will be evaluated as follows:
1. For each item that qualifies for price preference, subtract 10 percent to arrive at an "evaluated price" for that item; and
2. Re-total the bid for that item substituting the "evaluated prices" for the bid prices; and
3. Use the new total to determine the lowest price bid submitted. Ties are awarded to the recycled product.
C. Nothing contained in this Chapter shall preclude user departments from requiring post-consumer or recovered material content as a bid specification.