2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 39 - Public Finance
RS 39:2005 - Competitive source selection

§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, personnel services, professional services, consulting services, and public works directly from a certified small entrepreneurship under an agency's discretionary purchasing authority.

(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) An allowance for at least ten percent of the total evaluation points in a request for proposal be awarded to an offeror demonstrating a good faith effort to use small entrepreneurships as subcontractors.

(6) An allowance for ten percent of the total evaluation points in a request for proposal be awarded to an offeror who is a certified small business entrepreneurship.

Acts 2005, No. 440, §1, eff. July 11, 2005.