Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 19 - CORPORATION AND BUSINESS › Part III - Financial Assistance Programs › Chapter 17 - Criteria for Procurement of Goods and Services › Section III-1701 - Criteria for Procurement of Goods and Services

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
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
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 39:1951-1969 and R.S.
				  39:1981-1991.