§ 35-4. Bids; contracts; annual reports.

(a) Notice to Purchasing Agent.

A vehicle procurement contract and any subcontract to a vehicle procurement contract shall contain a notice notifying the City Purchasing Agent when any passenger cars and trucks or any component or part of any of them that are provided under vehicle procurement contract or subcontract are manufactured or produced in any other nation except the United States.

(b) Bids.

(1) The City Purchasing Agent and all City agencies shall include in all City bids and requests for bids a statement of the City's policy on the preference for passenger cars and trucks made or assembled by American businesses.

(2) All bids submitted to the City Purchasing Agent or City agencies shall identify when passenger cars and trucks of American businesses have been included in the bid.

(c) Annual report.

The City Purchasing Agent shall submit an annual report to the Mayor and City Council on the number and amount of contracts that included the purchase of passenger cars and trucks as provided for in this subtitle.