Wis. Admin. Code Department of Administration Adm 7.07 - American-made materials

(1) REQUIREMENTS. Pursuant to s. 16.754(2), Stats., when all other factors are substantially equal, the state shall purchase materials which are manufactured to the greatest extent in the United States. The state policy on the purchase of American-made materials shall be included in the requests for bids or requests for proposals. Manufactured in the United States means that materials are manufactured in whole or in substantial part within the United States, or that the majority of the component parts thereof were manufactured in whole or in substantial part in the United States.

(2) APPLICATION. To insure that preference in purchasing is given to American-made products:

(a) Specifications shall be as broadly written as possible so as not to exclude American-made materials from consideration; and

(b) Requests for bids or requests for proposals shall indicate that the state will give preference to American-made materials only when the bids are tied or the proposal scores are equal.

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Wis. Admin. Code Department of Administration Adm 7.07

Cr. Register, September, 1986, No. 369, eff. 10-1-86.