No. Contracting agencies must not use geographic preferences (including contractual provisions, preferences or incentives for hiring, contracting, proposing, or bidding) on Federal-aid highway projects, even though the contracting agency may be subject to statutorily or administratively imposed in-State or local geographical preferences in the evaluation and award of such projects.
[72 FR 45336, Aug. 14, 2007]
authority: Sec. 1503 of Pub. L. 109–59, 119 Stat. 1144; Sec. 1307 of Pub. L. 105–178, 112 Stat. 107;
23 U.S.C. 101,
109,
112,
113,
114,
115,
119,
128,
and;
49 CFR 1.48(b)
source: 67 FR 75926, Dec. 10, 2002, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 23 CFR 636.107