Public purchasers are required to award contracts to the lowest $$responsible$$ and $$responsive$$ bidder. This means the bidder is:

a$.$

fully capable and willing to perform the work and submits a bid that conforms to the invitation for bid.

b$.$

a business in the local community and submits the bid by the deadline.

c$.$

willing to perform the work using some minority$-$owned sub$-$contractors and submits the bid by the deadline.

d$.$

a respected business in the local community and responds within $24$ hours of all requests.