{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-11-35-3215","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 11-35-3215","heading":"Preference for resident design service; definitions; exceptions.","body":"(A) As used in this section:\n(1) \"Design services\" means architect-engineer, construction management, or land surveying services as defined in Section 11-35-2910 and awarded pursuant to Section 11-35-3220.\n(2) \"Resident\" means a business that employs, either directly or through consultants, an adequate number of persons domiciled in South Carolina to perform a majority of the design services involved in the procurement.\n(B) A business responding to an invitation involving design services shall submit a certification with its response stating whether the business is a resident for purposes of the procurement. Submission of a certification under false pretenses is grounds for suspension or debarment.\n(C) An award to a nonresident of a contract involving design services must be supported by a written determination explaining why the award was made to the selected firm.\n(D) In an evaluation conducted pursuant to Section 11-35-3220, a resident firm must be ranked higher than a nonresident firm if the agency selection committee finds the two firms otherwise equally qualified.\n(E) This section does not apply to a procurement if either the procurement does not involve construction or the design services are a minor accompaniment to a contract for nondesign services.","path":["Title 11 - PUBLIC FINANCE","CHAPTER 35 South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code","ARTICLE 9 Construction, Architect-Engineer, Construction Management, and Land Surveying Services","Subarticle 5 Architect-Engineer, Construction Management, and Land Surveying Services"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t11c035.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:32:44Z","sha256":"e9c8577cff2bfc0b1f7aad87a6e1952395c3f46b0c117e361550d22f02501d75","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-11-35-3210","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-11-35-3220"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}