Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Revised February 9, 2007

TEXAS

Texas Resident Bidder Preference

Lottery Commission: Lottery procurement procedures, 16 Tex. Admin. Code § 401.101(e). In purchase or lease of services, preference given to Texas resident bidder or proposer if cost and quality equal.

Lottery Commission: Preference for Texas Businesses, Tex. Gov’t Code § 466.106. In contracts for lottery equipment, supplies, services, and advertising, preference given to services or advertising offered by bidders from Texas if cost and quality equal.

Procurement: Preferences, 1 Tex. Admin. Code § 113.8. Texas bidders given preference when cost and quality of goods or services equal. Texas agricultural products offered by Texas bidder given preference if cost and quality is equal. Services offered by Texas bidder given preference if meet state requirements, quality is equal, and cost does not exceed nonresident bid of equal quality. (Nonmission-related procurements made by Texas National Research Laboratory Commission follow this rule, 1 Tex. Admin. Code § 303.1.)

Procurement: Preference to Texas services, Tex. Gov’t Code § 2155.444. For goods, preference given to Texas bidders if cost and quality are equal. For agricultural products, second preference given to Texas Bidders if cost and quality equal.

Professional and Consulting Services: Selection of consultant, Tex. Gov’t Code § 2254.027. If other considerations equal, preference given to consultant whose principal place of business is in Texas or who will mange the contract wholly from an office in Texas.

Travel Services: Contracts with providers of travel services, Tex. Gov’t Code § 2171.052. Contracts with travel agents, preference given to resident entities of Texas.

Lottery Commission: Lottery procurement procedures, 16 Tex. Admin. Code § 401.101(c)(2), (d)(4). Application of reciprocal preference in informal competitive solicitations and formal competitive solicitations.

Procurement: Award of contract to nonresident bidder, Tex. Gov’t Code § 2252.002. Application of reciprocal preference for all governmental entities and governmental contracts.

Procurement: Preferences, 1 Tex. Admin. Code § 113.8. Application of reciprocal preference for nonresident bidder (nonmission-related procurements made by Texas National Research Laboratory Commission follow this rule, 1 Tex. Admin. Code § 303.1).