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ADDITION <br />CABARRUS COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />MARCH 21, 2011 <br />6:30 P.M. <br />AGENDA CATEGORY: <br />New Business <br />SUBJECT: <br />BOC - Catawba County / Local Bid Preference - Consider a Request to <br />Add Cabarrus County to S291 <br />BRIEF SUMMARY: <br />S291. <br />CATAWBA COUNTY /LOCAL BID PREFERENCE. Filed 3/9/11. <br />AUTHORIZING CATAWBA COUNTY TO GIVE PREFERENCE TO A <br />LOCAL BIDDER WHEN PURCHASING GOODS OR SERVICES OR <br />ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR <br />REPAIR OF BUILDINGS. <br />Amends public building construction and repair contracting requirements <br />(GS 143 -128), minority participation goals (GS 143 - 128.2), public <br />purchasing contracting requirements (GS 143 -129), local government <br />informal bidding requirements (GS 143 -131), and minimum bidding <br />requirements for public building construction and repair projects (GS 143- <br />132) by establishing a new GS 143- 129(b1) to authorize price -match <br />preferences for lowest responsible, responsive resident bidders. <br />Preference may be given if the bid of the lowest responsible <br />responsive resident bidder is no greater than 5% or $10,000, whichever is <br />less, above the lowest responsive responsible nonresident bidder, and the <br />resident bidder matches the nonresident bidder's price. Resident bidder is <br />defined as a person or corporation legally authorized to perform <br />construction or repair work or engage in the sale of goods or services in <br />North Carolina, and has maintained a physical place of business within <br />G -4 Page 285 <br />