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Page: 5 <br /> <br /> <br />within the City of San Leandro shall be deemed the lowest bid subject to the qualifications <br />concerning responsibility, as required by law. If the tie bidders both have as their principal <br />place of business the City of San Leandro, then the City Council shall draw lots to determine <br />to whom to award the contract. <br /> <br />(b) Solely for the purpose of calculating the lowest bid a sum equal to five percent (5%) of the <br />total bid, or of the base bid and each alternate, or the proposal shall be deducted from the <br />amount of the total bid, or the base bid and each alternate, respectively, of a bid or proposal <br />submitted by a contractor, or supplier that is a joint venture wherein one of the joint <br />venturers is a business that has as its principal place of business, its headquarters, or a <br />significant portion of its operations within the City of San Leandro. <br /> <br />(c) Under no circumstances shall the real dollar amount of the percentage applied under <br />sections (a) or (b) exceed $50,000 in the reduction of the lowest bid, or the base bid and <br />each alternate, or the proposal respectively. <br /> <br />II. Local Business Participation Goal <br />(a) Upon award of a contract governed by this Chapter that is at or exceeds $100,000, the <br />contractor, or supplier shall engage in good faith efforts to hire San Leandro businesses, <br />nonprofit organizations or residents to perform the contract so that at least 25% of the total <br />contract dollar amount is spent on local businesses. <br />(b) Good faith efforts shall be established by any combination of five of the following activities. <br />In order to show good faith efforts towards meeting the local business participation goal, the <br />contractor or supplier shall certify that it has already, or will engage during the course of the <br />project in the activities identified herein through submittal of a declaration at the time bids or <br />proposals are due: <br />(1) Attending any pre-solicitation or pre-bid meetings scheduled by the City to inform all <br />contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and San Leandro residents of the project and the <br />requirements of this ordinance; <br />(2) Convening a meeting within the City of San Leandro for San Leandro businesses, suppliers, <br />nonprofit organizations and residents to identify specific items of work to be performed on the <br />project in order to increase the likelihood of meeting the business participation local hiring goal <br />and intent of this chapter, including breaking down contracts into smaller units; <br />(3) Listing all contact information for any San Leandro business or nonprofit organization that <br />will participate in the project, or provide services or supplies to the prime contractor or supplier <br />if a contract is awarded to the prime contractor or supplier;