ANNOUNCEMENT 01 Jul 2012

In July 2012, a local US government announced a change in the price advantage granted to domestic producers in certain public tenders.

NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS

1

  • 1 harmful
  • 0 neutral
  • 0 liberalising

SOURCE



http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/print-edition/2012/08/24/many-public-entities-provide-local.html?page=all. For a specific example of a local procurement see http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/2013/05/with-some-dissent-dallas-council-approves-local-and-more-expensive-fuel-purchase.html/.


Inception date: 01 Jul 2012 | Removal date: open ended
Still in force

Public procurement preference margin

In June, 2012 the City Council of Dallas, Texas passed an ordinance as permitted under state law (see related measure) that gives preferences to local businesses for competitively bid city contracts.
 
The city ordinance basically follows state statute by allowing a 3 percent preference for the purchase of goods over $500,000, a 5 percent preference for goods and general services under $500,000 and a 3 percent preference for construction services under $100,000.

AFFECTED SECTORS

 
531 541

AFFECTED PRODUCTS

 
N/A