{"id":1223,"date":"2013-01-20T08:22:06","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T15:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=1223"},"modified":"2013-01-20T08:24:11","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T15:24:11","slug":"mississippis-preference-statute-it-is-really-quite-simple-construction-law-toolbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/mississippis-preference-statute-it-is-really-quite-simple-construction-law-toolbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi&#8217;s &#8220;Preference&#8221; Statute&#8211;It is really quite simple. : Construction Law Toolbox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Solop &#8211; January 4, 2013<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi has two &#8220;preference&#8221; statutes. The first one is found under the statutory scheme for the Board of Public Contractors at Miss. Code Ann. \u00a731-3-21(3) (Rev.2010). The second one is found under the Mississippi statutes dealing with Public Purchases at Miss. Code Ann. \u00a731-7-47 (Supp. 2012). The purpose of these statutes is to ensure that Mississippi contractors are given the benefit of any &#8220;preference&#8221; afforded by a non-resident contractor bidding in Mississippi. In other words, in deciding the lowest and best bidder, the governing authority in Mississippi would apply the percentage increase to each out-of-state bidder\u2019s price which is equal to the percentage of &#8220;preference&#8221; given to a non-resident contractor in the bidder\u2019s home state.<\/p>\n<p>For example, assume a Mississippi resident contractor bids $100 while a non-resident contractor bids $95. On its face, the non-resident contractor would appear to be the low bidder. However, if the non-resident contractor\u2019s state grants a ten percent (10%) preference to its own resident contractors, then Mississippi\u2019s governing authority must add ten percent (10%) to the non-resident contractor\u2019s price when evaluating the bid. This results in the non-resident contractor\u2019s bid being adjusted to $104.50 ($95 x .10 = $9.5 + $95 = $104.50). Therefore, the Mississippi contractor\u2019s bid would be the lowest and best bid and awarded the contract. See generally, Refrigeration Sales Co., Inc. v. State of Mississippi, 645 So. 2d 1351 (Miss. 1994)(interpreting the application of Mississippi\u2019s &#8220;preference&#8221; statute to bid of non-resident contractor from New York).<\/p>\n<p>Despite the simple and straight forward nature of these &#8220;preference&#8221; statutes, the Mississippi Attorney General has opined that if a low bid from a non-resident contractor is &#8220;equal or substantially equal&#8221; to that of the second low bidder that is a Mississippi contractor, these statues require the governing agency to &#8220;prefer&#8221; the Mississippi resident contractor over the low non-resident bidder, even though the words &#8220;equal or substantially equal&#8221; do not appear in either statute.Miss. Attorney General Opinion No. 2007-00452, addressed to Malcolm Jones (September 4, 2007). Until the Mississippi Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals addresses the Mississippi Attorney General\u2019s interpretation, the actual application of these statutes to the bidding process will be more complicated than the statutes require.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionlawtoolbox.com\/2013\/01\/articles\/bidding\/mississippis-preference-statuteit-is-really-quite-simple\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ConstructionLawToolbox+(Construction+Law+Toolbox)\">Mississippi&#8217;s &#8220;Preference&#8221; Statute&#8211;It is really quite simple. : Construction Law Toolbox<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Solop &#8211; January 4, 2013 Mississippi has two &#8220;preference&#8221; statutes. The first one is found under the statutory scheme for the Board of Public Contractors at Miss. Code Ann. \u00a731-3-21(3) (Rev.2010). The second one is found under the Mississippi statutes dealing with Public Purchases at Miss. Code Ann. \u00a731-7-47 (Supp. 2012). The purpose of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/mississippis-preference-statute-it-is-really-quite-simple-construction-law-toolbox\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mississippi&#8217;s &#8220;Preference&#8221; Statute&#8211;It is really quite simple. : Construction Law Toolbox<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[117,276],"class_list":["post-1223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-2","tag-construction-bids","tag-preference-statute","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mississippi&#039;s &quot;Preference&quot; Statute-It is really quite simple. : Construction Law Toolbox - Advise &amp; Consult, Inc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/mississippis-preference-statute-it-is-really-quite-simple-construction-law-toolbox\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mississippi&#039;s &quot;Preference&quot; Statute-It is really quite simple. : Construction Law Toolbox - Advise &amp; Consult, Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Christopher Solop &#8211; January 4, 2013 Mississippi has two &#8220;preference&#8221; statutes. 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