Subdivision 1. Purchasing methods. (a) The regents may award up to a six percent preference in the amount bid for specified goods and services to small targeted group businesses designated under section 16C.16, subdivision 5.
(b) The regents may designate a purchase of goods or services for award only to small targeted group businesses designated under section 16C.16, subdivision 5, if the regents determine that at least three small targeted group businesses are likely to bid.
(c) The regents, as a condition of awarding a construction contract or approving a contract for consultant, professional, or technical services, may set goals that require the prime contractor to subcontract a portion of the contract to small targeted group businesses. The regents must establish a procedure for granting waivers from the subcontracting requirement when qualified small targeted group businesses are not reasonably available. The regents may establish financial incentives for prime contractors who exceed the goals for use of subcontractors and financial penalties for prime contractors who fail to meet goals under this paragraph. The subcontracting requirements of this paragraph do not apply to prime contractors who are small targeted group businesses. At least 75 percent of the value of the subcontracts awarded to small targeted group businesses under this paragraph must be performed by the business to which the subcontract is awarded or by another small targeted group business.
(d) The regents may award up to a four percent preference in the amount bid on university procurement to small businesses located in an economically disadvantaged area as defined in section 16C.16, subdivision 7.
(e) The regents may delegate responsibility under this section to university employees.
Subd. 2. Eligibility. The rules adopted by the commissioner of administration to define small businesses and to set time and other eligibility requirements for participation in programs under sections 16C.16 to 16C.19 apply to this section.
Subd. 3. Noncompetitive bids. The regents are encouraged to purchase from small targeted group businesses designated under section 16C.16 when making purchases that are not subject to competitive bidding procedures.
Subd. 4. [Repealed, 1995 c 212 art 2 s 22]
1990 c 541 s 15; 1998 c 386 art 2 s 52-54
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 135A - 137 — Postsecondary Education
Chapter 137 — University Of Minnesota
Section 137.02 — Powers And Duties Of Board Of Regents.
Section 137.021 — Acceptance Of Federal Money.
Section 137.022 — Permanent University Fund.
Section 137.0225 — University Promise Scholarship.
Section 137.0226 — Scholarship Funding Program.
Section 137.023 — University Student On Board Of Regents.
Section 137.024 — Congressional Districts Represented On Board Of Regents.
Section 137.0245 — Regent Candidate Advisory Council.
Section 137.0246 — Regent Nomination And Election.
Section 137.025 — Appropriations; Payment; Investment.
Section 137.0251 — Budgetary Information.
Section 137.0252 — Appropriation; Contract Buyout.
Section 137.027 — Appropriation; Fringe Benefits.
Section 137.028 — Biennial Budget Request; University Of Minnesota.
Section 137.04 — Library To Get Copies Of State Publications.
Section 137.09 — Board Of Regents Not To Exceed Appropriations; Penalty.
Section 137.10 — Refund Of Tuition To Students In Certain Cases.
Section 137.105 — Undergraduate Tuition Guarantee Plan.
Section 137.12 — Peace Officers; Appointment; Power Of Arrest.
Section 137.16 — Morris Branch.
Section 137.17 — Rochester Branch.
Section 137.22 — Higher Education Act Of 1965; Receipts.
Section 137.31 — Procurement From Small Businesses.
Section 137.32 — Minnesota Couples On The Brink Project.
Section 137.34 — Program Established.
Section 137.341 — Farm Safety Specialist Position.
Section 137.342 — Research Center For Agricultural Health And Safety.
Section 137.35 — Targeted Businesses.
Section 137.36 — Prompt Payment To Subcontractors.
Section 137.37 — Off-campus Sites And Centers.
Section 137.38 — Education And Training Of Primary Care Physicians.
Section 137.39 — Medical School Initiatives.
Section 137.40 — Residency And Other Initiatives.
Section 137.42 — Grants For Area Health Education Center Programs.
Section 137.43 — Substitute Physician Demonstration Project.
Section 137.44 — Health Professional Education Budget Plan.
Section 137.45 — Program For Students With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities.
Section 137.47 — Fetal Tissue Research.
Section 137.51 — Land Protection And Transfer.
Section 137.52 — Contamination Remediation; Report.
Section 137.53 — Activities; Contracts.
Section 137.54 — Conditions For Payment To University.
Section 137.55 — Public Use Of Stadium.
Section 137.56 — Environmental Review.
Section 137.57 — No Full Faith And Credit.
Section 137.58 — Mitigation Fund.
Section 137.60 — Eminent Domain.
Section 137.63 — Biomedical Science Research Facilities Funding Program.
Section 137.64 — Conditions For Payments To University.
Section 137.65 — No Full Faith And Credit.
Section 137.66 — Minnesota Discovery, Research, And Innovation Economy Funding Program.
Section 137.67 — Minnesota Biomedicine And Bioethics Innovation Grants.