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