- A. If the lowest responsive bid by a responsible bidder is within ten percent of the Official Engineer’s estimate, the Department will award the contract to the bidder making such bid.
- B. Preference must be given to an otherwise eligible and responsible South Carolina contractor submitting a responsive bid not exceeding an otherwise eligible out-of-state contractor’s low bid by two and one-half percent.
- C. If the Department fails to award an advertised set aside contract for reasons unrelated to the total costs of the project, the contract may be readvertised as a set aside contract.
HISTORY: Added by State Register Volume 16, Issue No. 6, eff June 26, 1992. Amended by State Register Volume 24, Issue No. 4, eff April 28, 2000.