RS 39:2005

§2005. Competitive source selection Methods of source selection which may be utilized by an agency to satisfy a state goal for contracting with small entrepreneurships shall include but not be limited to: (1) Any method provided for in an executive order governing small purchases. (2) The purchase of goods, operating services, major repairs, personal services, professional services, consulting services, social services, and public works from a certified small entrepreneurship. (3) Direct purchase from a certified small entrepreneurship who is a distributor on a state contract. (4) The inclusion of the requirement that a bidder or offeror have a good faith subcontracting plan to utilize a certified small entrepreneurship as part of a competitive bid or a request for proposal, pursuant to guidelines established by the commissioner of administration. (5) No more than ten percent of the total evaluation points in a request for proposal shall be awarded to an offeror demonstrating a good-faith effort to use small entrepreneurships as subcontractors. (6) Ten percent of the total evaluation points in a request for proposal shall be awarded to an offeror who is a certified small business entrepreneurship. Acts 2005, No. 440, §1, eff. July 11, 2005; Acts 2018, No. 585, §1, eff. May 28, 2018.