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Section 13-1-110 - Competitive sealed bids; identical bids.

NM Stat § 13-1-110 (2019) (N/A)
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When competitive sealed bids are used and two or more of the bids submitted are identical in price and are the low bid, the state purchasing agent or a central purchasing office may:

A. award pursuant to the multiple source award provisions of Sections 126 and 127 [13-1-153, 13-1-154 NMSA 1978] of the Procurement Code;

B. award to a resident business if the identical low bids are submitted by a resident business and a nonresident business;

C. award to a resident manufacturer if the identical low bids are submitted by a resident manufacturer and a resident business;

D. award by lottery to one of the identical low bidders; or

E. reject all bids and resolicit bids or proposals for the required services, construction or items of tangible personal property.

History: Laws 1984, ch. 65, § 83.

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