73.16 - PROCUREMENTS FROM SMALL BUSINESSES AND TARGETED SMALL BUSINESSES -- GOALS.
73.16 PROCUREMENTS FROM SMALL BUSINESSES AND TARGETED
SMALL BUSINESSES -- GOALS.
Notwithstanding any provision of law or rule relating to
competitive bidding procedures:
1. Every agency, department, commission, board, committee,
officer, or other governing body of the state shall purchase goods
and services supplied by small businesses and targeted small
businesses in Iowa. In addition to the other provisions of this
section relating to procurement contracts for targeted small
businesses, all purchasing authorities shall assure that a
proportionate share of small businesses and targeted small businesses
identified under the uniform small business vendor application
program of the department of economic development are given the
opportunity to bid on all solicitations issued by agencies and
departments of state government.
2. a. Prior to the commencement of a fiscal year, the
director of each agency or department of state government having
purchasing authority, in cooperation with the targeted small business
marketing and compliance manager of the department of economic
development, shall establish for that fiscal year a procurement goal
from certified targeted small businesses identified pursuant to
section 10A.104, subsection 8.
(1) The procurement goal shall include the procurement of all
goods and services, including construction, but not including utility
services.
(2) A procurement goal shall be stated in terms of a dollar
amount of certified purchases and shall be established at a level
that exceeds the procurement levels from certified targeted small
businesses during the previous fiscal year.
b. The director of an agency or department of state
government that has established a procurement goal as required under
this subsection shall provide a report within fifteen business days
following the end of each calendar quarter to the targeted small
business marketing and compliance manager of the department of
economic development, providing the total dollar amount of certified
purchases from certified targeted small businesses during the
previous calendar quarter. The required report shall be made in a
form approved by the targeted small business marketing and compliance
manager.
c. (1) The director of each department and agency of state
government shall cooperate with the director of the department of
inspections and appeals, the director of the department of economic
development, and the director of the department of management and do
all acts necessary to carry out the provisions of this division.
(2) The director of each agency or department of state government
having purchasing authority shall issue electronic bid notices for
distribution to the targeted small business web page located at the
department of economic development if the director releases a
solicitation for bids for procurement of equipment, supplies, or
services. The notices shall be provided to the targeted small
business marketing manager forty-eight hours prior to the issuance of
all bid notices. The notices shall contain a description of the
subject of the bid, a point of contact for the bid, and any
subcontract goals included in the bid.
(3) A community college, area education agency, or school
district shall establish a procurement goal from certified targeted
small businesses, identified pursuant to section 10A.104, subsection
8, of at least ten percent of the value of anticipated procurements
of goods and services including construction, but not including
utility services, each fiscal year.
d. Of the total value of anticipated procurements of goods
and services under this subsection, an additional goal shall be
established to procure at least forty percent from minority-owned
businesses, and forty percent from female-owned businesses. Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1245, §832; 88 Acts, ch 1273, §11; 90 Acts, ch 1156, §
6; 94 Acts, ch 1076, §5; 2000 Acts, ch 1231, §35; 2007 Acts, ch 207,
§10, 18; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §164; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §19
Referred to in § 8A.111, 8A.311, 10A.104, 11.46, 12E.12, 15.104,
15.108, 97B.7A, 262.34A
State board of regents' bid procedure, § 262.34A