{"data":{"id":"us-gu/5-gca-5010","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"5 GCA § 5010","heading":"Policy in Favor of Planned Procurement.","body":"All procurements of supplies and services shall, where possible, be made sufficiently in advance of need for delivery or performance to promote maximum competition and good management of resources. Publication of bids and requests for proposals shall not be manipulated so as to place potential bidders at unnecessary competitive disadvantage. Except in emergency situations, lower price bids are generally preferable to shorten delivery or performance bids. Delivery time may be considered as a factor in making an award to a responsive bidder only if his average delivery time bid is at least ten percent (10%) shorter than the average delivery time of a lower price responsive bidder and if the price offered by the bidder offering the faster delivery or performance does not exceed one hundred five percent (105%) of the lower price bidder.","path":["Title 5: Government Operations","Division 1 - Laws Applicable to Executive Branch","Chapter 5: Guam Procurement Law","ARTICLE 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS","SUBARTICLE A: PURPOSES, CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION"],"source_url":"https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/05gc005.pdf","current_through":"P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T02:17:18Z","sha256":"2203efed5d79ee18b5218b6cc224eba9c1b31eb5a939fde67f139697449a456a","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/5-gca-5009","next":"us-gu/5-gca-5011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}