(1) For prime A&E, construction, goods and services, and professional services contracts valued at $1 million or less, bids or proposals may be limited to small and local businesses, including racial, ethnic and gender groups that exhibited statistically significant underutilization, with respect to prime contracts for the applicable contracting category (see WSSC 6.30.040(b)). MBEs and WSSC-approved SLBEs will also be eligible to participate.

(2) Contracts will be assigned on a rotating basis, except where it is otherwise determined to be in the best interest of the Commission.

(3) Small contracts rotation will be widely advertised to statistically underutilized racial, ethnic and gender groups and to MBEs or WSSC-approved SLBEs. WSSC may provide technical assistance and guidance and outside financial assistance to firms that participate in the rotation.

(4) In the small contract rotation program, collectively, MBE or WSSC-approved SLBE primes and subcontractors must retain 60 percent of the contract value. This requirement does not apply to supply contracts, licensing agreements and distributorship agreements. Any MBE or WSSC-approved SLBE awarded a WSSC contract under this policy as a prime consultant/contractor shall not subcontract more than 40 percent of the contract value to a firm other than to other certified MBEs or WSSC-approved SLBEs.