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19-11-305. Award to lowest state bidder — Exceptions.
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19-11-305. Award to lowest state bidder — Exceptions.
Subject to any applicable bonding requirements, in all bidding procedures involving a bid by one (1) or more out-of-state penal institutions and a bid by one (1) or more private industries located within the State of Arkansas, the contract shall be awarded to the sole Arkansas bidder or lowest Arkansas bidder if the Arkansas bidder is not underbid by more than five percent (5%), as provided in § 19-11-259, by another representative of private industry located outside the State of Arkansas or by more than fifteen percent (15%) by an out-of-state correctional institution.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 19-11-305
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Source file: gov.ar.code.title.19.odt
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19-11-305. Award to lowest state bidder — Exceptions.
Subject to any applicable bonding requirements, in all bidding procedures involving a bid by one (1) or more out-of-state penal institutions and a bid by one (1) or more private industries located within the State of Arkansas, the contract shall be awarded to the sole Arkansas bidder or lowest Arkansas bidder if the Arkansas bidder is not underbid by more than five percent (5%), as provided in § 19-11-259, by another representative of private industry located outside the State of Arkansas or by more than fifteen percent (15%) by an out-of-state correctional institution.
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19-11-259. Preferences among bidders — Definitions.
(a)Definitions.
(1) The definitions in this subsection shall not be applicable to other sections of this subchapter.
(2) As used in this section:
(A) “Commodities” means materials and equipment used in the construction of public works projects;
(B) “Firm resident in Arkansas” means any individual, partnership, association, or corporation, whether domestic or foreign, that:
(i) Maintains at least one (1) staffed office in this state;
(ii) For not fewer than two (2) successive years immediately prior to submitting a bid, has paid taxes under the Division of Workforce Services Law, § 11-10-101 et seq., unless exempt, and either the Arkansas Gross Receipts Act of 1941, § 26-52-101 et seq., or the Arkansas Compensating Tax Act of 1949, § 26-53-101 et seq., on any property used or intended to be used for or in connection with the firm's business; and
(iii) Within the two-year period, has paid any taxes to one (1) or more counties, school districts, or municipalities of the State of Arkansas on either real or personal property used or intended to be used or in connection with the firm's business;
(C) “Lowest qualified bid” means the lowest bid which conforms to the specifications and request for bids;
(D) “Nonresident firm” means a firm which is not included in the definition of a “firm resident in Arkansas”; and
(E) “Public agency” means all counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions of the state.
(b)(1)(A) In the purchase of commodities by competitive bidding, all public agencies shall accept the lowest qualified bid from a firm resident in Arkansas.
(B) This bid shall be accepted only if the bid does not exceed the lowest qualified bid from a nonresident firm by more than five percent (5%
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 19-11-259
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 19-11-259. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.