§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, personal services, professional services, consulting services, social services, and public works from a certified veteran and service-connected disabled veteran-owned small entrepreneurship.

            (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) No more than twelve percent of the total evaluation points in a request for proposal shall be awarded to an offeror demonstrating a good faith effort to use veteran and service-connected disabled veteran-owned small entrepreneurships as subcontractors.

            (6) Twelve percent of the total evaluation points in a request for proposal shall be awarded to an offeror who is a certified veteran or service-connected disabled veteran-owned small business entrepreneurship. The mandatory award of evaluation points required by this Paragraph shall be included in all requests for proposals, unless the inclusion jeopardizes funding for the procurement or violates any other provision of law. Any request for an exemption from the requirements of this Paragraph shall be submitted in writing to the commissioner of administration who shall either deny or approve the request. The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to design-build or construction manager at risk methods of construction.

            Acts 2009, No. 167, §1; Acts 2016, No. 670, §1; Acts 2018, No. 585, §1, eff. May 28, 2018.