2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 39 - Public Finance
RS 39:2175 - Competitive source selection

§2175. Competitive source selection

Methods of source selection which may be utilized by an agency to satisfy a state goal for contracting with veteran and service-connected disabled veteran-owned 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 veteran and service-connected disabled veteran-owned small entrepreneurship under an agency's discretionary purchasing authority.

(3) Direct purchase from a certified veteran and service-connected disabled veteran-owned 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 veteran and service-connected disabled veteran-owned 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 veteran and service-connected disabled veteran-owned 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 veteran and service-connected disabled veteran-owned small business entrepreneurship.

Acts 2009, No. 167, §1.