La. Admin. Code tit. 19 § III-1701

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section III-1701 - Criteria for Procurement of Goods and Services

A. Bid Specifications for Chapter 17- Goods and Services: When the award of the contract for the purchase of goods and/or services has been set aside for minority-owned business participation, and at the time Invitations to Bid are released there are not at least three certified minority-owned businesses available to bid on the contract or class of contracts or class of contracts involved, or the contract has not been set-aside in accordance with §1517. D of this Part and regulations, the award shall be made on the basis of open competitive bidding under the Louisiana Procurement Code.

B. The award shall be made to a certified minority-owned business when the price bid by such a business is within the lower of 10 percent of $10,000 of the otherwise lowest responsive and responsible bidder whose bid meets the requirements and criteria set forth in the invitation to bid.

C. In the event that there is no certified minority-owned business responding whose bid is within the range specified above, the award shall go to the otherwise lowest responsive and responsible bidder whose bid meets the requirements and criteria set forth in the invitation to bid, without regard to minority status.

D. In all cases, the state agency or educational institution actually making the award, either under open competitive bidding or under the set-aside provisions of this Title, may reject all bids if it is determined, based upon reasons provided in writing, that such action is in the best interest of the state. One reason, but not the only reason, for rejection of all bids when the contract has been set-aside under the set-aside provisions of this Title, shall be if prices obtained exceeded more than 15 percent of what could have been obtained via open-market competition.

Affidavit of Minority Status

state of louisiana

parish of ___________________:

before me, the undersigned authority, personally came and appeared _________________________________, who stated, under oath, that s/he is a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States and is of minority heritage as defined at R.S. 39:1952(12).

_________________________

affiant

sworn to and subscribed before me this ____ day of ____________, 20__, at ___________________, Louisiana.

_________________

notary

Affidavit of Recertification

state of louisiana

parish of ___________________:

before me, the undersigned authority, personally came and appeared ________________________, who stated, under oath, that s/he is owner of a certified minority-owned business as provided at Chapter 19 of Subtitle III, of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes as of the ____ day of ___________, 20____, and that s/he appears herein for the purposes of attesting to the fact that all information contained in the original certification is still true and correct, and that s/he remains the owner of the minority-owned business, ___________________________, as appears in

(Name of Business)

the files of the Office for Minority Business Enterprise.

____________________

affiant

sworn to and subscribed before me this ____ day of ____________, 20__, at ___________________, Louisiana.

______________________

NOTARY

La. Admin. Code tit. 19, § III-1701

Promulgated by the Office of the Governor, Division of Administration, Office of Minority Business Enterprises, LR 11:347 (April 1985), amended LR 13:343 (June 1987).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 39:1951-1969 and R.S. 39:1981-1991.