§ 39:1961 — Criteria for requests for proposals; consulting services

NOTE: This provision of law was included in the Unconstitutional Statutes Biennial
Report to the Legislature, dated March 14, 2016 .
§1961. Criteria for requests for proposals; consulting services
A. When the award of a contract for consulting services as provided in Chapter 17
of Subtitle III of this Title of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 has been set aside for
minority-owned business participation, a state agency or educational institution shall evaluate
each qualified proposal received, except that each proposal submitted by a minority-owned
business shall be credited with such additional points as would amount to ten percent of the
maximum number of points which would be awarded to any single proposal under the
criteria as set forth in the requests for proposals.
B. The maximum additional points shall be awarded only when the certified
minority-owned business is the prime contractor. For the purposes of this Section, a prime
contractor shall retain and perform at least fifty-one percent of the dollar value of the work
contracted. For otherwise qualified proposals when a certified minority-owned business
participates to an extent less than fifty-one percent of the total dollar value of the work, the
number of additional points to be credited shall be calculated by multiplying the maximum
additional points as defined in Subsection A of this Section by the dollar value percent
participation of the minority-owned business.
C. The state agency or educational institution actually making the award may reject
all proposals if it is determined, based upon reasons provided in writing, that such action is
clearly in the best interest of the state.

Legislative History

Acts 1984, No. 653, §1, eff. July 1, 1984; Acts 1986, No. 394, §1; Acts 1988, No. 543, §1; Acts 1992, No. 797, §2, eff. July 1, 1992; Acts 2014, No. 864, §§4 and 5.