In accordance with this section, the applicable section of Article 5, and procedures published by the State Engineer, a governmental body may limit participation in a solicitation for construction to only those businesses, including potential subcontractors, that are prequalified. The prequalification process may be used only with the approval and supervision of the State Engineer's Office. If fewer than two businesses are prequalified, the prequalification process must be canceled.
S.C. Code Ann. § 11-35-3023
Prequalification on state construction
Known as the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code
The act spans §§ 11-35-10 to 11-35-845 (143 sections).
2008 Act No. 174, SECTION 4; 2019 Act No. 41 (S.530), SECTION 41, eff May 13, 2019.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.