18-5-304. (Temporary) Designation of small business set-asides. (1) Each department has authority to designate as small business set-asides specified commodities, equipment, or services, except those services rendered and furnished by registered professions, such as but not limited to accountants, attorneys, architects, dentists, engineers, land surveyors, optometrists, physicians, and pharmacists, for which purchase has been requested under the Montana Small Business Purchasing Act.
     (2) In the case of purchase designated as small business set-asides, invitations to bid must be confined to small businesses, and bids from other businesses must be rejected. The purchase, contract, or expenditure of funds must be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder among the small businesses, considering conformity with specifications and terms, in accordance with the rules for purchasing published by the department. (Repealed effective June 30, 2003--secs. 4(2), 5(2), Ch. 271, L. 1999.)

     History: En. 82-1932 by Sec. 4, Ch. 204, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 97, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 82-1932; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 271, L. 1999.