This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Sandpoint, Idaho. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The City of Sandpoint is seeking quotes for procurement of 4" meters for water distribution as described in the Request for Quote. Local Preference may apply to this solicitation as adopted in the City's Procurement Policy. In order to promote the economic health of the City, to stimulate and enhance the local economy, to generate jobs and spur further investment into the community, to recognize the amount of sales tax returned to the City as a result of the award of a contract or purchasing agreement for goods and services to a local respondent, and to encourage local participation in the purchase of goods, equipment, supplies, and non-professional services, the City shall grant a local preference as follows: In determining the price submitted in response to a solicitation, the City shall grant preference to an eligible local provider Sandpoint who submits a price within 10% of the lowest price submitted by any other respondent. This local preference will allow the eligible local provider Sandpoint the opportunity to reduce its price equal to the amount of the lowest price submitted, if the price is submitted by other than an eligible local provider. If there is no local provider Sandpoint, then such preference shall be granted to a local provider Bonner County in the same manner as provided above. This Local preference shall apply so long as the delivery of goods, equipment and/or non-professional services can be made within similar times and under similar circumstances as the non-local provider and in the sole discretion of the City. The preference and opportunity to reduce the price submitted shall be provided first to the lowest eligible local provider Sandpoint and, if not accepted by such eligible local provider Sandpoint within five business days of the closing date of the solicitation, then to each successive eligible local provider, considering all local providers (Sandpoint and Bonner County) that is within 10 percent of the lowest price submitted, in ascending order of the amount of the responses. To be eligible for local preference Sandpoint or Bonner County, the local provider must have a place of business in Sandpoint or Bonner County and have been conducting business for a period of 6 months prior to the solicitation. There is no exemption from Local Sales Tax. Local preference does not exempt any eligible local provider from paying any applicable federal, state, or local sales tax. Local preference shall not apply to projects classified as Construction projects or for Professional services. Local preference applies only to purchase of goods, materials, equipment, and non-professional services. Local preference applies only for purchases of goods, equipment, and non-professional services for amounts $25,000 or less. Local preference shall not be applicable to procurements made with federal or state grant funds or any funding source by which local preference is prohibited.