How do I qualify for the 2% Resident Subcontractor Preference?
You must meet the following requirements. First, you must — at the time you submit your bid — have a documented commitment from a single proposed first‑tier subcontractor to perform some portion of the services expressly required by the solicitation. Second, the subcontractor — at the time you submit your bid — must directly employ, or have a documented commitment with, individuals domiciled in South Carolina that will perform services expressly required by the solicitation and the total direct labor cost to the subcontractor for those individuals to provide those services exceeds twenty percent of bidder’s total bid price. [11-35-1524(D)(1)] Third, you must identify the subcontractor that will perform the work, the work the subcontractor is to perform, and your factual basis for concluding that the subcontractor’s work constitutes the required percentage of the work to be performed in the procurement. [11-35-1524(D)(5)(a)] Fourth, if and upon request by the procurement officer, yo
