Revised September 10, 2020
Title 11: Public Finance
Chapter 35: South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code
Section 11-35-1520: Competitive sealed bidding
(9) Tie Bids. If two or more bidders are tied in price while otherwise meeting all of the required conditions, awards are determined in the following order of priority:
Section 11-35-1524: Resident vendor preference
(B)
(C)
(D)
Section 11-35-3215: Preference for resident design service; definitions; exceptions
(A) As used in this section
(D) In an evaluation conducted pursuant to Section 11-35-3220, a resident firm must be ranked higher than a nonresident firm if the agency selection committee finds the two firms otherwise equally qualified.
(E) This section does not apply to a procurement if either the procurement does not involve construction or the design services are a minor accompaniment to a contract for non-design services.